new file mode 100644
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+From ea00e32a87cc733dd5aa05cef407a5bee3e6db29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 22:42:45 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] check for _nl_msg_cat_cntr in configure
+
+_nl_msg_cat_cntr is not available in all implementations e.g. musl libintl
+does not have it, therefore add a check to detect it and use it only if
+it is found.
+
+Upstream-Status: Submitted [https://gitlab.com/man-db/man-db/-/merge_requests/13]
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+---
+ configure.ac | 9 +++++++++
+ include/manconfig.h | 6 ++++--
+ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index bf4628ef..140b4b62 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -404,6 +404,15 @@ AC_TYPE_PID_T
+ AC_TYPE_UID_T
+ AC_TYPE_SIZE_T
+
++dnl _nl_msg_cat_cntr is required for GNU gettext
++AC_MSG_CHECKING([for _nl_msg_cat_cntr])
++AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
++ [#include <libintl.h>
++ extern int _nl_msg_cat_cntr;],
++ [++_nl_msg_cat_cntr;])],
++ AC_MSG_RESULT([yes]); AC_DEFINE([HAVE_NL_MSG_CAT_CNTR], [], [_nl_msg_cat_cntr from GNU Gettext]),
++ AC_MSG_RESULT([no]))
++
+ # Check for pipeline library.
+ PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libpipeline], [libpipeline >= 1.5.0])
+
+diff --git a/include/manconfig.h b/include/manconfig.h
+index 62baa184..eb4e5eb1 100644
+--- a/include/manconfig.h
++++ b/include/manconfig.h
+@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
+ #ifndef MANCONFIG_H
+ #define MANCONFIG_H
+
++#include "config.h"
++
+ /* STD_SECTIONS must contain all of your man hierarchy subdirectories. The
+ order is important. Manual pages will be displayed in this order. Ie
+ if "1" comes before "2", then a kill(1) will be displayed in preference to
+@@ -138,13 +140,13 @@
+ #define UNLIKELY(cond) __builtin_expect ((cond), 0)
+
+ /* GNU gettext needs to know when the locale changes. This macro tells it. */
+-#ifdef ENABLE_NLS
++#ifdef HAVE_NL_MSG_CAT_CNTR
+ extern int _nl_msg_cat_cntr;
+ # define locale_changed() \
+ do { \
+ ++_nl_msg_cat_cntr; \
+ } while (0)
+-#else /* !ENABLE_NLS */
++#else /* !HAVE_NL_MSG_CAT_CNTR */
+ # define locale_changed()
+ #endif /* ENABLE_NLS */
+
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=1ebbd3e34237af26da5dc08a4e440464 \
SRC_URI = "${SAVANNAH_NONGNU_MIRROR}/man-db/man-db-${PV}.tar.xz \
file://flex.patch \
+ file://0001-check-for-_nl_msg_cat_cntr-in-configure.patch \
file://99_mandb \
"
SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "82f0739f4f61aab5eb937d234de3b014e777b5538a28cbd31433c45ae09aefb9"
@@ -18,9 +19,6 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN} += "base-passwd"
RDEPENDS:${PN}:append:libc-glibc = " util-linux-col"
PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPS += "base-passwd"
-# | /usr/src/debug/man-db/2.8.0-r0/man-db-2.8.0/src/whatis.c:939: undefined reference to `_nl_msg_cat_cntr'
-USE_NLS:libc-musl = "no"
-
inherit gettext pkgconfig autotools systemd
EXTRA_OECONF = "--with-pager=less --with-systemdsystemunitdir=${systemd_system_unitdir}"
_nl_msg_cat_cntr is not defined in libintl on musl systems therefore add configure time check for it and use it to guard the use of _nl_msg_cat_cntr Add missing dependency on zlib Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com> --- ...ck-for-_nl_msg_cat_cntr-in-configure.patch | 65 +++++++++++++++++++ meta/recipes-extended/man-db/man-db_2.13.0.bb | 4 +- 2 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) create mode 100644 meta/recipes-extended/man-db/files/0001-check-for-_nl_msg_cat_cntr-in-configure.patch