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Re: Bug#435798: gettext: Missing @MKINSTALLDIRS@ substitution in the aut
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Emmanuel Fleury |
Subject: |
Re: Bug#435798: gettext: Missing @MKINSTALLDIRS@ substitution in the autotools (fwd) |
Date: |
Sun, 09 Sep 2007 16:24:49 +0200 |
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Hi,
Bruno Haible wrote:
>
> Daniel Leidert wrote:
>> The used po/Makefile.in.in is not
>> compatible to the gettext version/macros used - the gettext macros do
>> not define MKINSTALLDIRS anymore (at least not mine on Debian Sid :)). I
>> guess the reason, why you get the outdated po/Makefile.in.in is the
>> AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(0.14) macro in configure.ac, that copies the
>> po/Makefile.in.in from the version 0.14 into po/. But the macros were
>> not copied into m4/ and it seems, the macros of a newer gettext version
>> were "copied" into aclocal.m4 ("[..] # gettext.m4 serial 59
>> (gettext-0.16.1) [..]", probably done via aclocal). So the reason for
>> your problem is probably the way, the distribution tarball is prepared
>> (I tested both, autopoint and gettextize and both copy the m4/
>> sub-directory).
>
> Yes. And MKINSTALLDIRS was used in gettext versions < 0.15 and was dropped
> in 0.15.
It's getting clear now. I'll try to fix this in the code and submit a
patch for bless.
Thanks a lot, your help has been more than precious to me !
--
Emmanuel Fleury
C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it harder,
but when you do, it blows away your whole leg.
-- Bjarne Stroustrup