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bug #60446: AM_GNU_GETTEXT: GMSGFMT succeeds when msgfmt is not installed

Submitter:	Christopher Yeleighton <yecril71pl>
Submitted:	Fri 23 Apr 2021 08:40:11 AM UTC
Category:	Programmer tools	Severity:	3 - Normal
Item Group:	None	Status:	Not a Bug
Privacy:	Public	Assigned to:	haible
Open/Closed:	Closed

Fri 18 Oct 2024 07:43:00 PM UTC, comment #1:  We set msgfmt to ':' at configure time, so that tarballs can be built without this requirement to have gettext installed. If we were to change that, to get a better error message for users who build from git, it would be a serious regression for users who build the tarball. Building a tarball is the primary means for GNU packages; building from git is only supported as a convenience.	Bruno Haible <haible>
Fri 23 Apr 2021 08:40:11 AM UTC, original submission:   If msgfmt is not installed, it is assumed that it will never be called] by make .  If that is not the case, like when you build from git , it should be replaced by a meaningful failing assertion , not by : .  Otherwise you get the following confusing error from make [2]: mv: cannot stat 't-ar.gmo': No such file or directory	Christopher Yeleighton <yecril71pl>

 

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Date	Changed by	Updated Field	Previous Value	=>	Replaced by
2024-10-18	haible	Status	None		Not a Bug
		Assigned to	None		haible
		Open/Closed	Open		Closed

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