[Freeciv-Dev] Re: compiling problems on Solaris (PR#973)

[Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 08:10:36AM -0700, schreque@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Full_Name: Adrien Schrèque
> Version: Freeciv version 1.12.1-devel
> Distribution: Built from source
> Client: Both (or N/A)
> OS: Sun Solaris 5.7 (SunOS e450 5.7 ) 
> Submission from: (NULL) (193.49.200.22)
> 
> 
> After doing the configure script, as i try to do make all.
> But the make failed with po files.
> 
> I found that my "msgfmt" does not support the "--statistic" flag.
> I remove it and it works.
> 
> My question is :
> why didn't configure script remove this flag for my system ?

./configure has an option to force the use of the gettext bundled
with Freeciv, but msgfmt is not bundled.  I think this is an
omission in the Freeciv autoconf support.

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Reinier