Re: [bug-gettext] msgfmt and Java Compiler on Windows

[Daiki Ueno]

Simon Martinelli <address@hidden> writes:

> With verbose:
>
> c:\workspaces\proshop\ProShopTranslation>msgfmt --verbose --java2 -d generated
> -r Messages -l fr po/fr/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po
> msgfmt: Java compiler not found, try installing gcj or set $JAVAC
> msgfmt: compilation of Java class failed, please try to set $JAVAC
> 1193 translated messages, 1 fuzzy translation, 63 untranslated messages.
>
> That's strange because javac is on the PATH.

It looks even more strange that no error message sent to stderr nor
command-line is shown.  On GNU/Linux, I get:

  $ msgfmt --verbose --java2 -d . -l fr gettext-runtime/po/fr.po
  CLASSPATH= gcj -C '-fsource=1.3' '-ftarget=1.1' -O -d . 
/tmp/msg4FsqcH/Messages_fr.java
  38 translated messages, 3 fuzzy translations.

But I could reproduced the problem on wine.  Maybe it is failing during
the compatibility check of javac, not at the stage of generating Java
source files.  I'll look into it, but any help from Windows experts
would be appreciated.

> One thing that I don't get with gettext and Java is why are there no
> Java source files generated? It would be much more handy to have the
> source files instead of the compiled code because I have to put the
> class files in a special place that the build or Eclipse does not
> delete them.

Sounds like a good idea.

Regards,
-- 
Daiki Ueno