[Freeciv-Dev] cvs compiling problem (PR#1128)

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Full_Name: Kenn Munro
Version: 1.1.12-devel
Distribution: Built from source
Client: Both (or N/A)
OS: Red Hat 7.2
Submission from: (NULL) (216.104.96.83)


I tried downloading and compiling the cvs (Dec 11) for the first time, and ran
into a problem:

In the /po/Makefile, the "GMSGFMT =" line was blank.  This caused an error
during the Make process:

Making all in po
gmake[2]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/freeciv/po'
file=./`echo da | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
  && rm -f $file &&  --statistics -o $file da.po
/bin/sh: --statistics: command not found
gmake[2]: *** [da.gmo] Error 127
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/freeciv/po'
gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/freeciv'
gmake: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2

I installed gettext*.rpm, which provided /usr/bin/msgfmt, then edited the
/po/Makefile to include:
GMSGFMT = msgfmt

Can/should the configure script detect that "msgfmt" doesn't exist?