Re: [patch] gettext-0.10.40 installs files in the wrong directories

[Adrian Bunk]

On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Bruno Haible wrote:

> > The following patch against gettext-0.10.40 fixes this:
>
> --- po/Makefile.in.in.old       Sun Oct  7 22:58:26 2001
> +++ po/Makefile.in.in   Sun Oct  7 22:59:12 2001
> @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
>         @catalogs='$(CATALOGS)'; \
>         for cat in $$catalogs; do \
>           cat=`basename $$cat`; \
> -         lang=`echo $$cat | sed 's/\.gmo$$//'`; \
> +         lang=`echo $$cat | sed 's/\.gmo$$//' | sed 's/\.mo$$//'`; \
>           dir=$(localedir)/$$lang/LC_MESSAGES; \
>           $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$$dir; \
>           if test -r $$cat; then \
>
> There must be a version mismatch somewhere on your side. If the
> package is using the corresponding gettext.m4 macro from
> gettext-0.10.40, the elements of $(CATALOGS) and $(GMOFILES) will all
> end in .gmo, not .mo. For a correct use of gettext (i.e. take both
> m4/gettext.m4 and po/Makefile.in.in from the same version), your patch
> is a nop.


Ah, thanks for this explanation!
I saw this problem in several GNOME programs and I'll send bug reports
that they have to upgrade the gettext macros.


> Bruno

cu
Adrian

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