Re: [PATCH 1/4] Makefile: move "Platform specific tweaks" above LIB_{H,OBJS}

>> In the ab/i18n series I only want to build gettext.o (by adding it to
>> LIB_OBJS) if NO_GETTEXT is unset. It's not possible to do that without
>> an ugly hack if we haven't applied our platform specific tweaks before
>> LIB_{H,OBJS} gets assigned to.
>> 
>> See <201008140002.40587.j6t@kdbg.org> (subject: "[PATCH] Do not build
>> i18n on Windows.") for Johannes's original report, and my follow-up in
>> <AANLkTiku5R+idX-C8f0AcCikBLmfEb5ZEhdft+CSRzU0@mail.gmail.com> where I
>> suggested that the problem be solved in the manner of this patch.
>
> This doesn't motivate the patch all all to me.