package/gettext-tiny: Add new package

From: Vadim Kochan <[email protected]>

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.

Signed-off-by Vadim Kochan <[email protected]>

package/gettext-tiny/gettext-tiny.mk new file +22 -0

+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) \

2018-08-21 17:31 GMT+03:00 Baruch Siach <[email protected]>:

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From: Vadim Kochan <[email protected]> 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.

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Signed-off-by Vadim Kochan <[email protected]>

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package/gettext-tiny/gettext-tiny.mk new file +27 -0

+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

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package/gettext-tiny/gettext-tiny.mk line 38

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package/gettext-tiny/gettext-tiny.mk new file +5 -0

+     $(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 ?

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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.

Baruch, Vadim,

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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

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is used from the build processes of many software packages.

Thanks. gettext is indeed a huge CPU cycles drain.

Agreed, I was looking forward to someone taking over the task of packaging gettext-tiny. So thanks Vadim for taking on this task!

However, packaging gettext-tiny requires a lot more than just creating a package for it. Indeed, how do you select whether you want to use gettext or gettext-tiny ? There should be some global knob that defines that, and which affects the TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES variable.

And then, there's the case of packages that need gettext even when NLS support is disabled.

So: a big YES to adding gettext-tiny in Buildroot, but we want a proper clean integration, not just a separate package. Vadim: you can read

https://buildroot.org/downloads/manual/manual.html#_gettext_integration_and_interaction_with_packages
to learn a bit about the current gettext integration in Buildroot.

Thanks!

Thomas
--
Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Bootlin (formerly Free Electrons) Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com

I got the point, so it is not really useful to add gettext-tiny just as a package but integrate it
as gettext alternative. So let me clarify - you expect to see this at least as series:
1) add package
2) integrate it as gettext alternative

Hello,

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I got the point, so it is not really useful to add gettext-tiny just as a package but integrate it
as gettext alternative. So let me clarify - you expect to see this at least as series:
1) add package
2) integrate it as gettext alternative

Yes, exactly. And as Baruch suggested, it would be excellent if we could also use host-gettext-tiny as an alternative to host-gettext.

This will raise a few questions:

- There are a few packages that unconditionally need host-gettext. Is this really true ?

- Some packages need host-gettext because of the AM_ICONV m4 macro provided by gettext.m4. Is gettext-tiny also providing the gettext-related m4 macros ?

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- There are a few packages that unconditionally need host-gettext. Is this really true ?

Not sure about this)

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- Some packages need host-gettext because of the AM_ICONV m4 macro provided by gettext.m4. Is gettext-tiny also providing the gettext-related m4 macros ?

Yes it has some set of m4 macrosses, but it needs to be tested how it works for the buildroot.

What if I will start from converting gettext package into the virtual one (with renaming the original
gettext -> gettext-gnu) ? And after I will try to add gettext-tiny as gettext provider.

Hello Vadim,

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- There are a few packages that unconditionally need host-gettext. Is this really true ?

Not sure about this)

In this situation, we have:

- aumix
- host-guile
- host-intltool (perhaps legit ?)
- host-libglib2
- libv4l (for AM_ICONV m4 macro)
- linphone
- mediastreamer
- host-mono
- sysstat (which also uses TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES... weird)
- tvheadend
- host-wine
- xkeyboard-config
- zbar (for AM_ICONV m4 macro)

From: Vadim Kochan <[email protected]>

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.

Signed-off-by Vadim Kochan <[email protected]>

Hello Vadim,

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From: Vadim Kochan <[email protected]>

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.

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Signed-off-by Vadim Kochan <[email protected]>

Have you been able to make further progress on packaging gettext-tiny as an alternative to the full gettext ? This is definitely something I'd like to see integrated in Buildroot, so let us know if you are still working or not, or if someone else needs to step up/help.

Thanks a lot,

Thomas
--
Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com

I did turn gettext package into virtual one and renamed gettext as gettext-gnu and added gettext-tiny (so they became
as virtual providers). While gettext-gnu works ok, I am still trying to resolve some issues with gettext-tiny. I will let you know in few days if I have some progress.