[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/gettext-tiny: Add new package

[Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il>]

Hi Vadim,

Vadim Kochan writes:

> 2018-08-21 17:31 GMT+03:00 Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il>:
>> Vadim Kochan writes:
>>> From: Vadim Kochan <vadim.kochan@petcube.com>
>>> Add gettext-tiny package from the sabotage-linux project:
>>>
>>> gettext-tiny provides lightweight replacements for tools typically used
>>> from the GNU gettext suite, which is incredibly bloated and takes a lot
>>> of time to build (in the order of an hour on slow devices). the most
>>> notable component is msgfmt which is used to create binary translation
>>> files in the .mo format out of textual input files in .po format. this
>>> is the most important tool for building software from source, because it
>>> is used from the build processes of many software packages.
>>
>> Thanks. gettext is indeed a huge CPU cycles drain.
>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Vadim Kochan <vadim.kochan@petcube.com>
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> +GETTEXT_TINY_VERSION = f733dd3fdd7be973f523a464165aae827a17d838
>>> +GETTEXT_TINY_SITE = $(call github,sabotage-linux,gettext-tiny,$(GETTEXT_TINY_VERSION))
>>> +GETTEXT_TINY_LICENSE = MIT
>>> +GETTEXT_TINY_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
>>> +GETTEXT_TINY_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
>>> +
>>> +ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL),y)
>>> +LIBINTL=MUSL
>>> +endif
>>> +
>>> +ifeq ($(BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE),)
>>> +GETTEXT_TINY_DEPENDENCIES = libiconv
>>> +endif
>>> +
>>> +define GETTEXT_TINY_BUILD_CMDS
>>> +     $(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) \
>>> +             LIBINTL=$(LIBINTL) \
>>> +             $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS)
>>> +endef
>>> +
>>> +define GETTEXT_TINY_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
>>> +     $(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) \
>>> +             $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
>>> +             DESTDIR=$(STAGING_DIR) prefix=/usr install
>>> +endef
>>> +
>>> +define GETTEXT_TINY_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
>>> +     $(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
>>> +             DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) prefix=/usr install
>>> +endef
>>> +
>>> +$(eval $(generic-package))
>>
>> What about a host package? Would it be feasible to replace host-gettext
>> with host-gettext-tiny?
>
> Well, I really do not know about usage it as host-getttext
> replacements (but I will try!),
> just add it for target only. Is it ok to let it go for the target only
> now and then
> check it if it can be used for the host mode ?

Of course. Adding a target gettext is perfectly fine as a first
step. Replacing host-gettext is a much bigger change, that can be done
later.

baruch

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