i18n: add infrastructure for translating Git with gettext

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 048a1d4972769184ff857fb7681bc67b2ebdfb99..630dbdd19d74fc6ffab529d8d5854043a8f18fd2 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -636,6 +636,12 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB([c], [basename],
 AC_SUBST(NEEDS_LIBGEN)
 test -n "$NEEDS_LIBGEN" && LIBS="$LIBS -lgen"
 
+AC_CHECK_LIB([c], [gettext],
+[LIBC_CONTAINS_LIBINTL=YesPlease],
+[LIBC_CONTAINS_LIBINTL=])
+AC_SUBST(LIBC_CONTAINS_LIBINTL)
+test -n "$LIBC_CONTAINS_LIBINTL" || LIBS="$LIBS -lintl"
+
 ## Checks for header files.
 AC_MSG_NOTICE([CHECKS for header files])
 #
@@ -818,6 +824,19 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADER([paths.h],
 [HAVE_PATHS_H=])
 AC_SUBST(HAVE_PATHS_H)
 #
+# Define NO_GETTEXT if you don't want Git output to be translated.
+# A translated Git requires GNU libintl or another gettext implementation
+AC_CHECK_HEADER([libintl.h],
+[NO_GETTEXT=],
+[NO_GETTEXT=YesPlease])
+AC_SUBST(NO_GETTEXT)
+#
+# Define HAVE_LIBCHARSET_H if have libcharset.h
+AC_CHECK_HEADER([libcharset.h],
+[HAVE_LIBCHARSET_H=YesPlease],
+[HAVE_LIBCHARSET_H=])
+AC_SUBST(HAVE_LIBCHARSET_H)
+#
 # Define NO_STRCASESTR if you don't have strcasestr.
 GIT_CHECK_FUNC(strcasestr,
 [NO_STRCASESTR=],