deprecate use of internal libintl

git-svn-id: https://svn.r-project.org/R/trunk@87918 00db46b3-68df-0310-9c12-caf00c1e9a41

Author: ripley

configure

@@ -67322,6 +67322,11 @@ if test "${ac_cv_sizeof_size_t}" = 4; then
   { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: 32-bit build -- this is little tested" >&5
 printf "%s\n" "$as_me: WARNING: 32-bit build -- this is little tested" >&2;}
 fi
+if test "${USE_INCLUDED_LIBINT}" = "yes"; then
+  { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: Using the bundled libintl is deprecated." >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: WARNING: Using the bundled libintl is deprecated." >&2;}
+fi
+
 
 ### Local variables: ***
 ### mode: outline-minor ***

configure.ac

@@ -3382,6 +3382,10 @@ fi
 if test "${ac_cv_sizeof_size_t}" = 4; then
   AC_MSG_WARN([32-bit build -- this is little tested])
 fi
+if test "${USE_INCLUDED_LIBINT}" = "yes"; then
+  AC_MSG_WARN([Using the bundled libintl is deprecated.])
+fi
+
 
 ### Local variables: ***
 ### mode: outline-minor ***

doc/NEWS.Rd

@@ -310,7 +310,13 @@
       \code{"MethodsList"} branches of functions \code{assignMethodsMetaData},
       \code{finalDefaultMethod}, and \code{MethodAddCoerce}.
 
-      \item \code{getMethods(*, table=TRUE)} is also deprecated.
+      \item \code{getMethods(*, table = TRUE)} is deprecated.
+
+      \item Bulding with the bundled (and old) version of \code{libintl}
+      is deprecated and gives a \command{configure warning}.  Use
+      \code{libintl} from a recent version of GNU gettext instead.  (If
+      the OS's \code{libc} includes \code{libintl} that will be chosen
+      by \command{configure} -- \code{glibc} does.)
     }
   }
 

doc/manual/R-admin.texi

@@ -3401,8 +3401,9 @@ the C include path or under @file{/usr/include/tirpc}.
 
 Thr @R{} sources contain an older copy of @code{libintl} from GNU
 @code{gettext} which is used if this is not part of @code{libc} (as it is
-when using @code{glibc}) nor found as an external library.  This is
-desirable and is planned to be required in future.
+when using @code{glibc}) nor found as an external library.  The internal
+copy is deprecated and may be removed in the near
+future---@command{configure} warns when it is used.
 
 Library @code{libdeflate} (@url{https://github.com/ebiggers/libdeflate})
 is used by @code{memCompress()} and @code{memDecompress()} if available.