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diff --git a/chapter05/gettext.xml b/chapter05/gettext.xml index cebff68f1..836b3c3ef 100644 --- a/chapter05/gettext.xml +++ b/chapter05/gettext.xml @@ -24,7 +24,20 @@ <para>Prepare Gettext for compilation:</para> -<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/tools</userinput></screen> +<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/tools --disable-libasprintf \ + --disable-csharp</userinput></screen> + +<itemizedlist> +<listitem><para><userinput>--disable-libasprintf</userinput>: This flag tells +Gettext that we don't want its asprintf library. Nothing in Chapter 5 or 6 +requires this, and gettext gets rebuilt later, so we exclude it to save +time/space.</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para><userinput>--disable-csharp</userinput>: Gettext has a nasty +habit of searching for a C# compiler on the host, and building bindings for it. +We've already <quote>locked</quote> ourselves into the temporary tools though, +which doesn't have a C# compiler.</para></listitem> +</itemizedlist> <para>Compile the programs:</para> |