Re: Unstated dependencies on gettext

On Dec 28, 2006, at 5:00 PM, Kevin Ballard wrote:

After having updated gettext, I'm finding a number of ports that are linking against libintl (provided by gettext) but don't declare a dependency on gettext.

For example, gsed links against libiconv, but doesn't declare a dependency on gettext.

This is because libiconv depends on gettext so, if you've got libiconv, you've got gettext.

The question I have is, would some of these ports have worked if gettext wasn't installed, but just happen to link against libintl for extra functionality if it's there?

It should because something it depends on depends on gettext (whether it be libiconv or something else). - jim