---
configure | 19 +++----------------
meson_options.txt | 2 +-
po/meson.build | 2 +-
3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8f2095a2db..46fdea88c7 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ libdaxctl=""
meson=""
ninja=""
skip_meson=no
-gettext=""
+gettext="auto"
bogus_os="no"
malloc_trim="auto"
@@ -1014,9 +1014,9 @@ for opt do
;;
--enable-vnc) vnc="enabled"
;;
- --disable-gettext) gettext="false"
+ --disable-gettext) gettext="disabled"
;;
- --enable-gettext) gettext="true"
+ --enable-gettext) gettext="enabled"
;;
--oss-lib=*) oss_lib="$optarg"
;;
@@ -2839,19 +2839,6 @@ if test "$xen_pci_passthrough" != "disabled"; then
fi
fi
-##########################################
-# gettext probe
-if test "$gettext" != "false" ; then
- if has xgettext; then
- gettext=true
- else
- if test "$gettext" = "true" ; then
- feature_not_found "gettext" "Install xgettext binary"
- fi
- gettext=false
- fi
-fi
-
##########################################
# X11 probe
if $pkg_config --exists "x11"; then
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index f6f64785fe..191e848600 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ option('sphinx_build', type : 'string', value : '',
option('docs', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
description: 'Documentations build support')
-option('gettext', type : 'boolean', value : true,
+option('gettext', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
description: 'Localization of the GTK+ user interface')
option('install_blobs', type : 'boolean', value : true,
description: 'install provided firmware blobs')
diff --git a/po/meson.build b/po/meson.build
index 1387fd979a..a863f0575f 100644
--- a/po/meson.build
+++ b/po/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
i18n = import('i18n')
-if get_option('gettext')
+if find_program('xgettext', required: get_option('gettext')).found()
i18n.gettext(meson.project_name(),
args: '--msgid-bugs-address=qemu-devel@nongnu.org',
preset: 'glib')