Re: Bug report (as s/w requests).

[Hugh Sasse]

I was going to send you this information before my last response, but
forgot it was half composed.  Maybe configure should die in this circumstance.
Still if it is only for the tests, and only one fails, probably not.

On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Jim Meyering wrote:

> Hugh Sasse <address@hidden> wrote:
> ...
> >> Would you please run this (from the top level):
> >>
> >>   make && env LC_ALL=C make -C tests/dd check TESTS=skip-seek
        [...]
> 
> Did you try the above?

Yes, I put both in the same file, the compressed one.
> 
> >> If the above still fails, then please run this variant, which will
> >> show, among other things, the output of running `dd --version':
> >>
> >>   make && \
> >>     env LC_ALL=C VERBOSE=yes DEBUG=yes make -C tests/dd check 
> >> TESTS=skip-seek
> >>
> >> Please make sure that the version information corresponds to
> >> the version of the package that you're building.  I get this,
        [...]
> >
> > Yes, it does.  See attached.
> >
> 
> Then maybe your version of ngettext is malfunctioning.

man ngettext tells me there is a Solaris version of this.

config.log tellingly has:

configure:52912: checking for xgettext
configure: trying /bin/xgettext...
/bin/xgettext: illegal option -- -
/bin/xgettext: illegal option -- o
/bin/xgettext: illegal option -- -
/bin/xgettext: illegal option -- -
Usage:  xgettext [-a [-x exclude-file]] [-jns][-c comment-tag]
        [-d default-domain] [-m prefix] [-M suffix] [-p pathname] files ...
        xgettext -h
configure: trying /usr/bin/xgettext...
/usr/bin/xgettext: illegal option -- -
/usr/bin/xgettext: illegal option -- o
/usr/bin/xgettext: illegal option -- -
/usr/bin/xgettext: illegal option -- -
Usage:  xgettext [-a [-x exclude-file]] [-jns][-c comment-tag]
        [-d default-domain] [-m prefix] [-M suffix] [-p pathname] files ...
        xgettext -h
configure: trying /usr/local/bin/xgettext...
/usr/local/bin/xgettext: unrecognized option `--copyright-holder='
Try `/usr/local/bin/xgettext --help' for more information.
configure:52947: result: no
configure:52984: checking for msgmerge

Which is what?  (:r! /usr/local/bin/xgettext --version)
xgettext (GNU gettext) 0.10.40
Copyright (C) 1995-1998, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Written by Ulrich Drepper.

Current release seems to be 0.14.5....