Re: [PATCH] Don't use locale functions when libintl header isn't included.

[Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>]

On Mon, 2020-10-26 at 15:53 -0300, Érico Nogueira via Elfutils-devel
wrote:
> I had talked with fche on #elfutils, and it was suggested that I could
> remove the locale functions from debuginfod.cxx. If you think it makes
> more sense to simply include the header (which is what I did initially
> for my own build), I guess I should remove the comment about C++ support
> as well, right? Or modify it to something else, at least. Would you have
> any suggestions for that?

Aha, I hadn't seen that before, you mean this line in debuginfod.cxx:

  // #include <libintl.h> // not until it supports C++ << better

I think it is nice if all elfutils tools would use the same
print_version function so --version always produces the same thing.

I think that is the only "real" thing in debuginfod.cxx that uses
localization and I don't believe anybody actually submitted a
translation of that notice.

If so (you'll have to double check) and it makes things easier/cleaner
for debuginfod then you could remove the gettext call from
print_version and remove the textdomain calls (please also remove the
commented out include). Especially if Frank (fche) agrees.

But if it is all the same, then I would simply add the include for
libintl.h and remove or update the comment to say this is just form
calling textdomain for some C helper functions, but isn't used in the
C++ code (yet).

Cheers,

Mark