gettext.h: add parentheses around N_ expansion if supported

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7482a4dbab458b1b82a7cb683ce7dc6f41fd4145..be740010ead9c08152e89d82ef4f4f1defee7aca 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -339,6 +339,15 @@ all::
 # return NULL when it receives a bogus time_t.
 #
 # Define HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME if your platform has clock_gettime in librt.
+#
+# Define USE_PARENS_AROUND_GETTEXT_N to "yes" if your compiler happily
+# compiles the following initialization:
+#
+#   static const char s[] = ("FOO");
+#
+# and define it to "no" if you need to remove the parentheses () around the
+# constant.  The default is "auto", which means to use parentheses if your
+# compiler is detected to support it.
 
 GIT-VERSION-FILE: FORCE
        @$(SHELL_PATH) ./GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -946,6 +955,14 @@ ifneq (,$(SOCKLEN_T))
        BASIC_CFLAGS += -Dsocklen_t=$(SOCKLEN_T)
 endif
 
+ifeq (yes,$(USE_PARENS_AROUND_GETTEXT_N))
+       BASIC_CFLAGS += -DUSE_PARENS_AROUND_GETTEXT_N=1
+else
+ifeq (no,$(USE_PARENS_AROUND_GETTEXT_N))
+       BASIC_CFLAGS += -DUSE_PARENS_AROUND_GETTEXT_N=0
+endif
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(uname_S),Darwin)
        ifndef NO_FINK
                ifeq ($(shell test -d /sw/lib && echo y),y)