[OE-core] [RFC][PATCH] tclibc-musl: use musl's virtual/gettext implementation

[Khem Raj]

On Monday, June 19, 2017, André Draszik <git at andred.net> wrote:

> From: André Draszik <adraszik at tycoint.com <javascript:;>>
>
> musl implements the GNU gettext API version 1 and 2
>   http://www.openwall.com/lists/musl/2015/04/16/3
>
> Generally, there should be no need need for the
> actual GNU/gettext in systems using musl, so with
> this change systems using musl can avoid a needless
> dependency on a GPLv3+ tool.
>
> If an application ever appears that needs
> GNU/gettext API version 3, we can think about a way
> to support it at that time.


Thanks for doing this it has been pending for long time
We have to run through some extended builds e.g. Using meta OE
Layers and see for any major regressions

I will cherry pick this into my master and see how it does

>
> Signed-off-by: André Draszik <adraszik at tycoint.com <javascript:;>>
> Acked-by: Sylvain Lemieux <slemieux at tycoint.com <javascript:;>>
> ---
>  meta/conf/distro/include/tclibc-musl.inc | 1 +
>  meta/recipes-core/musl/musl_git.bb       | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/tclibc-musl.inc
> b/meta/conf/distro/include/tclibc-musl.inc
> index 3d3f6ac4f4..172b09ab20 100644
> --- a/meta/conf/distro/include/tclibc-musl.inc
> +++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/tclibc-musl.inc
> @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/libiconv ?= "musl"
>  PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/libintl ?= "musl"
>  PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/nativesdk-libintl ?= "nativesdk-glibc"
>  PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/nativesdk-libiconv ?= "nativesdk-glibc"
> +PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/gettext ?= "musl"
>
>  #USE_NLS ?= "no"
>
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/musl/musl_git.bb b/meta/recipes-core/musl/
> musl_git.bb
> index fba47096f5..9cf097d067 100644
> --- a/meta/recipes-core/musl/musl_git.bb
> +++ b/meta/recipes-core/musl/musl_git.bb
> @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SRC_URI = "git://git.musl-libc.org/musl \
>
>  S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
>
> -PROVIDES += "virtual/libc virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}libc-for-gcc
> virtual/libiconv virtual/libintl"
> +PROVIDES += "virtual/libc virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}libc-for-gcc
> virtual/gettext virtual/libiconv virtual/libintl"
>
>  DEPENDS = "virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}binutils \
>             virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}gcc-initial \
> --
> 2.11.0
>
>
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