Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] Replace intl/ with out-of-tree GNU gettext

[David Edelsohn <dje.gcc@gmail.com>]

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On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 9:22 AM Arsen Arsenović <arsen@aarsen.me> wrote:

>
> David Edelsohn <dje.gcc@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > GCC had been working on AIX with NLS, using "--with-included-gettext".
> > --disable-nls gets past the breakage, but GCC does not build for me on
> AIX
> > with NLS enabled.
>
> That should still work with gettext 0.22+ extracted in-tree (it should
> be fetched by download_prerequisites).
>
> > A change in dependencies for GCC should have been announced and more
> widely
> > socialized in the GCC development mailing list, not just GCC patches
> > mailing list.
> >
> > I have tried both the AIX Open Source libiconv and libgettext package,
> and
> > the ones that I previously built.  Both fail because GCC configure
> decides
> > to disable NLS, despite being requested, while libcpp is satisfied, so
> > tools in the gcc subdirectory don't link against libiconv and the build
> > fails.  With the included gettext, I was able to rely on a
> self-consistent
> > solution.
>
> That is interesting.  They should be using the same checks.  I've
> checked trunk and regenerated files on it, and saw no significant diff
> (some whitespace changes only).  Could you post the config.log of both?
>

GCC configured with --with-libintl-prefix and --with-libiconv-prefix

libcpp/config.log:

configure:7610: checking for GNU gettext in libc

configure:7639: /nasfarm/edelsohn/install/GCC12/bin/gcc -std=gnu99 -o
conftest -g  -static-libstdc++ -static-libgcc -Wl,-bbigtoc conftest.c  >&5

conftest.c:71:10: fatal error: libintl.h: No such file or directory

   71 | #include <libintl.h>

      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~

configure:8318: checking for GNU gettext in libintl

configure:8355: /nasfarm/edelsohn/install/GCC12/bin/gcc -std=gnu99 -o
conftest -g -I/nasfarm/edelsohn/install/include  -static-libstdc++
-static-libgcc -Wl,-bbigtoc conftest.c  /nasfarm/edelsohn/install/lib/
libintl.a >&5

ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .libiconv_open

ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .libiconv_set_relocation_prefix

ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .libiconv_close

ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .libiconv

ld: 0711-345 Use the -bloadmap or -bnoquiet option to obtain more
information.

collect2: error: ld returned 8 exit status

configure:8355: $? = 1

configure:8392: /nasfarm/edelsohn/install/GCC12/bin/gcc -std=gnu99 -o
conftest -g -I/nasfarm/edelsohn/install/include  -static-libstdc++
-static-libgcc -Wl,-bbigtoc conftest.c  /nasfarm/edelsohn/install/lib/
libintl.a /nasfarm/edelsohn/install/lib/libiconv.a >&5

configure:8392: $? = 0

configure:8405: result: yes

configure:8440: checking whether to use NLS

configure:8442: result: yes

configure:8445: checking where the gettext function comes from

configure:8456: result: external libintl

configure:8464: checking how to link with libintl

configure:8466: result: /nasfarm/edelsohn/install/lib/libintl.a
/nasfarm/edelsohn/install/lib/libiconv.a

configure:8525: checking whether NLS is requested

configure:8531: result: yes

gcc/config.log:

configure:14002: checking for GNU gettext in libc

configure:14031: /nasfarm/edelsohn/install/GCC12/bin/g++ -std=c++11 -o
conftest

-g    -static-libstdc++ -static-libgcc -Wl,-bbigtoc  conftest.cpp  >&5

conftest.cpp:196:10: fatal error: libintl.h: No such file or directory

  196 | #include <libintl.h>

      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~

configure:14710: checking for GNU gettext in libintl

configure:14747: /nasfarm/edelsohn/install/GCC12/bin/g++ -std=c++11 -o
conftest -g    -I/nasfarm/edelsohn/install/include -static-libstdc++
-static-libgcc -Wl,-bbigtoc  conftest.cpp  /nasfarm/edelsohn/install/lib/
libintl.a >&5

ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .libiconv_open

ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .libiconv_set_relocation_prefix

ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .libiconv_close

ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .libiconv

ld: 0711-345 Use the -bloadmap or -bnoquiet option to obtain more
information.

collect2: error: ld returned 8 exit status

configure:14747: $? = 1

configure:14797: result: no

configure:14832: checking whether to use NLS

configure:14834: result: no

configure:14917: checking whether NLS is requested

configure:14920: result: no




> I've never used AIX.  Can I reproduce this on one of the cfarm machines
> to poke around?  I've tried cfarm119, but that one lacked git, and I
> haven't poked around much further due to time constraints.
>
> TIA, sorry about the inconvenience.  Have a lovely day.
>
> > The current gettext-0.22.3 fails to build for me on AIX.
> >
> > libcpp configure believes that NLS functions on AIX, but gcc configure
> > fails in its tests of gettext functionality, which leads to an
> inconsistent
> > configuration and build breakage.
> >
> > Thanks, David
>
>
> --
> Arsen Arsenović
>