linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] kconfig: refactor ncurses package checks for building mconf

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Message-ID: <20180522154924.GA23783@ravnborg.org>
Date:   Tue, 22 May 2018 17:49:24 +0200
From:   Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:     Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Luis R . Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...e.com>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@...il.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Arvind Prasanna <arvindprasanna@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] kconfig: refactor ncurses package checks for
 building mconf

Hi Masahiro.

> > Any chance that the ugly hack in check.sh could be ported over to use pkg-config?
> >
> Rather, I have been wondering if we could rip off the gettext stuff entirely...

I did a little research.
update-po-conifg is broken in current kernel
The part of the Makefile that implement update-po-config hasseen very little
activity the last 5+ years
There is very few hits on google for "update-po-config", first
real hit was something related to a path I made loong time ago.

So it looks like the infrastructure could be dropped in the kernel.
I did not try to check if any other users of kconfig utilize this,
but I do not recall anyone that have mentioned this.

So ack from me to kill gettext support.

	Sam