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

[Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 03:17:12PM +0100, Raimar Falke wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 01:49:50PM +0100, Per I. Mathisen wrote:
> > On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Reinier Post wrote:
> > > What is the appropriate thing to do if msgfmt is not found?
> > 
> > The easiest solution is to kill NLS. The "--disable-nls" option does that,
> > and it should be possible to do that automatically from within configure
> > as well.

But there is a --with-included-gettext option that is supposed to allow NLS
even if you do not have it on the system.

> > But msgfmt is missing on a lot of systems, my own up-to-date
> > Debian/testing included. So why is it required? 
> 
> > Maybe we should add it to the sources and compile it along with
> > freeciv?
>
> This is IMHO a good idea. From another email:
> 
> \begin{quote}
> > > >> Try upgrading the in-tree gettext to 0.10.40.  Do not apply unless
> > > >> you are 100% you know what you're doing.
> > > >
> > > > The in-tree version is based on 0.10.38. The offical version of
> > > > 0.10.38 contains the msgfmt tool. However the in-tree version
> > > > doesn't.
> > >
> > > I'm not sure what you're trying to say.
> > 
> > offical version of gettext 0.10.38: contains msgfmt tool
> > 
> > version gettext which comes with freeciv: based on offical gettext
> > 0.10.38 and doesn't contain the msgfmt tool

Who added it?  (I think it was Thue.)  Why isn't msgfmt included?

I'm cc:ing Thue.

> > So the question is: why has the msgfmt tool not found its way into the
> > freeciv version? Can it be added? How?
> 
> I just used the instructions I found for upgrading when I upgraded to
> 0.10.38. I don't know why it wasn't included then.
> \end{quote}
> 
> So this is the same problem as with the AI: nobody knows why it is
> this way. Can you add it?

Are you asking Per?
 
>       Raimar

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