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

[Jason Short <vze2zq63@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Per I. Mathisen wrote:

> On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Ben Webb wrote:
>
> >         msgfmt is needed to build the .gmo files from .po files; gettext
> > in intl/ uses these .gmo files to localize the code. So, on systems
> > _without_ gettext, you need to provide the gettext code in intl/ and the
> > .gmo files. This is fine for a "stable" distribution, which should include
> > the .gmo files (try a "make distclean" in po/ - it doesn't delete the
> > .gmo files) but awkward for CVS, since the .gmo files aren't text. So the
> > solution is to not include the .gmo files in CVS, and require the user to
> > have the msgfmt tool if they want to play with dodgy unstable code.
> Ah, of course. The best solution is to compile and include the .gmo files
> in the stable source releases. I suppose make would not create an error
> then, but I am not sure. However, there should still be a clear test in
> configure for this, for those who get source from cvs or cvs snapshots.
Sounds like the .gmo's are already included in the stable release, or 
any tarball for that matter.  Try "make dist" to see.
Checking for msgfmt will be tricky, since the check should only occur if 
we're compiling from CVS.  That is, we must either have the .gmo's 
(up-to-date) _or_ have msgfmt.  In a different project this might go in 
an autogen.sh file, but freeciv does not use such a system.
jason