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

[Raimar Falke <hawk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 01:09:19PM +0100, Reinier Post wrote:
> 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.

Thue doesn't know. Maybe I should just try to add it and see how it breaks.

> > > 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?

Yes.

        Raimar

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