Re: [bug-gettext] Missing msgfmt

[Kip Warner]

On Fri, 2021-04-23 at 10:06 +0200, Krzysztof Żelechowski wrote:
> Dnia środa, 24 lipca 2013 06:38:32 CEST Daiki Ueno pisze:
> > Kip Warner <kip@thevertigo.com> writes:
> > > I am using AM_GNU_GETTEXT macro in my configure.ac. I note during
> > > configure time that there does appear to be a check for msgfmt,
> > > but no
> > > error is raised if the binary is not detected.
> > 
> > Usually, tarballs include generated *.gmo so msgfmt shouldn't be
> > required on the deployed system.
> 
> But not when you build from *git*.  If *msgfmt* is not installed, it
> is 
> assumed that it will never be called by *make*.  If that is not the
> case, it 
> should be replaced by a meaningful failing assertion, not by *:*. 
> Otherwise 
> you get the following confusing error from make:
> 
> > mv: cannot stat 't-ar.gmo': No such file or directory

Thanks Krzysztof. You may not have noticed, but my post appears to have
been from eight years ago.

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