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Added note that configure will complain about missing msgfmt but that
it can be ignored


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Gerard Beekmans 24 years ago
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chapter06/glibc-inst.xml

@@ -39,6 +39,24 @@ Install Glibc by running the following commands:
 	<userinput>make localedata/install-locales</userinput>
 	<userinput>make localedata/install-locales</userinput>
 </literallayout></blockquote>
 </literallayout></blockquote>
 
 
+<para>
+During the configure stage you will see the following warning:
+</para>
+
+<blockquote><screen>
+configure: warning:
+*** An auxiliary program is missing or too old;
+*** some features will be disabled.
+*** Check the INSTALL file for required versions.
+</screen></blockquote>
+
+<para>
+This warning refers to the missing msgfmt program from the gettext
+package. But there is nothing to worry about: Glib will still be
+installed the same way as when msgfmt is present. It can safely be
+ignored in our case.
+</para>
+
 <para>
 <para>
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