[gentoo-embedded] Why is installing gettext so bad on a uclibc build?

[Ed W]

I am trying to get glib-dbus built and it appears to need at least a 
basic gettext to be available.  Some mailing list posts warn about dire 
consequences of installing gettext and the "nls" flag is profile masked.

However, I see patches and builds for gettext and glib-dbus in many 
embedded distros including openwrt, and references to installing gettext 
in the linux-from-scratch and debian uclibc handbooks

So can someone please give me the real lowdown on the issues here?

(Note exact compile errors given in a previous email in case they are 
nothing to do with gettext at all...)

Cheers

Ed W