unable to cross compile for windows, msgfmt not found
glib-2.56.3 $ ./configure --host=i686-w64-mingw32 --prefix=/x/y --disable-shared --enable-static --with-pcre=internal
...
checking for msgfmt... no
configure: error:
*** You must have either have gettext support in your C library, or use the
*** GNU gettext library. (http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/gettext.html)
config.log
configure:8341: result: yes
configure:8378: checking for msgfmt
configure:8408: result: no
configure:8684: error:
*** You must have either have gettext support in your C library, or use the
*** GNU gettext library. (http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/gettext.html)
it's trying to run msgfmt. msgfmt exists, but is "msgfmt.exe" and doesn't run in a cross compiled environment.