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[gnulib.git] / modules / gettext

diff --git a/modules/gettext b/modules/gettext
index ca0b684..3da0e2e 100644 (file)
--- a/modules/gettext
+++ b/modules/gettext
@@ -45,15 +45,16 @@ AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.18.1])
 
 Makefile.am:
-# This is for those projects which use "gettextize --intl" to put a source-code
-# copy of libintl into their package. In such projects, every Makefile.am needs
+# If your project uses "gettextize --intl" to put a source-code
+# copy of libintl into the package, every Makefile.am needs
 # -I$(top_builddir)/intl, so that <libintl.h> can be found in this directory.
-# For the Makefile.ams in other directories it is the maintainer's
-# responsibility; for the one from gnulib we do it here.
-# This option has no effect when the user disables NLS (because then the intl
-# directory contains no libintl.h file) or when the project does not use
-# "gettextize --intl".
-AM_CPPFLAGS += -I$(top_builddir)/intl
+# Here's one way to do this:
+#AM_CPPFLAGS += -I$(top_builddir)/intl
+# This option has no effect when the user disables NLS (because then
+# the intl directory contains no libintl.h file).  This option is not
+# enabled by default because the intl directory might not exist if
+# your project does not use "gettext --intl", and some compilers
+# complain about -I options applied to nonexistent directories.
 
 Include:
 "gettext.h"