Index: po/Makefile.in.in
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RCS file: /home/freeciv/CVS/freeciv/po/Makefile.in.in,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -r1.2 Makefile.in.in
--- po/Makefile.in.in	2001/06/15 23:12:58	1.2
+++ po/Makefile.in.in	2001/11/22 20:30:46
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@
 	$(MSGFMT) -o $@ $<
 
 .po.gmo:
+	test $(GMSGFMT) || ( \
+	echo "*****************************************" ; \
+	echo "***** msgfmt not installed or found *****" ; \
+	echo "*****************************************" ; \
+	false ) && \
 	file=$(srcdir)/`echo $* | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
 	  && rm -f $$file && $(GMSGFMT) --statistics -o $$file $<