[bug #64333] "fr.po:3087: 'msgstr' is not a valid C format string, unlike 'msgid'" error when building fontforge

[Sam James]

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                 Summary: "fr.po:3087: 'msgstr' is not a valid C format
string, unlike 'msgid'" error when building fontforge
                   Group: GNU gettext
               Submitter: thesamesam
               Submitted: Wed 21 Jun 2023 08:18:43 PM UTC
                Category: End-user / runtime
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any


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Date: Wed 21 Jun 2023 08:18:43 PM UTC By: Sam James <thesamesam>
I get the following build failure for fontforge w/ gettext-0.22. I don't know
if the .po file from the project is wrong or not, though.

```
[228/278] cd
/var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/fontforge-20230101/work/fontforge-20230101_build/po
&& /usr/bin/msgfmt --check -o
/var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/fontforge-20230101/work/fontforge-20230101_build/po/it.mo
/var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/fontforge-20230101/work/fontforge-20230101/po/it.po
FAILED: po/it.mo
/var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/fontforge-20230101/work/fontforge-20230101_build/po/it.mo
cd
/var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/fontforge-20230101/work/fontforge-20230101_build/po
&& /usr/bin/msgfmt --check -o
/var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/fontforge-20230101/work/fontforge-20230101_build/po/it.mo
/var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/fontforge-20230101/work/fontforge-20230101/po/it.po
/var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/fontforge-20230101/work/fontforge-20230101/po/it.po:2305:
'msgstr' is not a valid C format string, unlike 'msgid'. Reason: In the
directive number 2, the argument size specifier is invalid.
/var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/fontforge-20230101/work/fontforge-20230101/po/it.po:5837:
'msgstr' is not a valid C format string, unlike 'msgid'. Reason: In the
directive number 2, the argument size specifier is invalid.
/var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/fontforge-20230101/work/fontforge-20230101/po/it.po:6237:
'msgstr' is not a valid C format string, unlike 'msgid'. Reason: In the
directive number 2, the argument size specifier is invalid.
/usr/bin/msgfmt: found 3 fatal errors
[229/278] cd
/var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/fontforge-20230101/work/fontforge-20230101_build/po
&& /usr/bin/msgfmt --check -o
/var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/fontforge-20230101/work/fontforge-20230101_build/po/fr.mo
/var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/fontforge-20230101/work/fontforge-20230101/po/fr.po
FAILED: po/fr.mo
/var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/fontforge-20230101/work/fontforge-20230101_build/po/fr.mo
cd
/var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/fontforge-20230101/work/fontforge-20230101_build/po
&& /usr/bin/msgfmt --check -o
/var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/fontforge-20230101/work/fontforge-20230101_build/po/fr.mo
/var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/fontforge-20230101/work/fontforge-20230101/po/fr.po
/var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/fontforge-20230101/work/fontforge-20230101/po/fr.po:294:
'msgstr' is not a valid C format string, unlike 'msgid'. Reason: In the
directive number 3, the argument size specifier is invalid.
/var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/fontforge-20230101/work/fontforge-20230101/po/fr.po:305:
'msgstr' is not a valid C format string, unlike 'msgid'. Reason: In the
directive number 4, the argument size specifier is invalid.
```

I've attached both it.po and fr.po. Originally reported downstream in Gentoo
at https://bugs.gentoo.org/908868.






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Date: Wed 21 Jun 2023 08:18:43 PM UTC  Name: it.po  Size: 173KiB   By:
thesamesam

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Date: Wed 21 Jun 2023 08:18:43 PM UTC  Name: fr.po  Size: 696KiB   By:
thesamesam

<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=54855>

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