Details on this package are located in Section 10.31.2, “Contents of Gettext.”
The Gettext package contains utilities for internationalization and localization. These allow programs to be compiled with NLS (Native Language Support), enabling them to output messages in the user's native language.
Gettext has an issue with cross-compiling where it can't find getline. Fix it here:
cd gettext-tools echo "am_cv_func_working_getline=yes" >> config.cache
Prepare Gettext for compilation:
./configure --prefix=/tools \
--host=${LFS_TARGET} --disable-shared \
--cache-file=config.cache
The meaning of the configure options:
This tells Gettext not to create a shared library.
Only one program in the Gettext package needs to be built:
make -C lib make -C src msgfmt
Install the msgfmt binary:
cp -v src/msgfmt /tools/bin
Details on this package are located in Section 10.31.2, “Contents of Gettext.”