Re: [bug-gettext] MSYS2 + mingw-w64 : failure in man/

[Bruno Haible]

Hi,

Vincent Torri wrote on 2018-12-24:
> I've tried to compile the git code of gettext with MSYS2 + mingw-w64,
> and I have the error :
> 
> 
> make[4]: Entering directory '/home/vtorri/gitroot/gettext/gettext-runtime/man'
> progname=`echo gettext.1.in | sed -e 's/\.in$//' -e 's/\.1$//'`; \
> IN_HELP2MAN=1 /bin/sh x-to-1  "/usr/bin/perl" "/usr/bin/perl -w -- 
> ./help2man" \
>   ../src/${progname}.exe ./${progname}.x gettext.1.in
> Updating man page gettext.1.in
> /usr/bin/perl -w -- ./help2man --include=./gettext.x
> ../src/gettext.exe > gettext.1.in
> Can't locate Locale/gettext.pm

The INSTALL.windows file states the supported environments for building
gettext on Windows. MSYS2 is not a supported environment.

Bruno