Re: [wdiff-bugs] Cygwin-bug#20070822T0857: cvs build error

[Bruno Haible]

Jari Aalto wrote:
>    $ msgfmt --version
>    bash: msgfmt: command not found
>
>    $ msgmerge --version
>    bash: msgmerge: command not found
>
>    $ gettext --version
>    gettext (GNU gettext-runtime) 0.17
>    Copyright (C) 1995-1997, 2000-2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>    License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later 
> <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
>    This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
>    There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
>    Written by Ulrich Drepper.
>
>    $ gettext.sh --version
>    /usr/bin/gettext.sh (GNU gettext-runtime) 0.17
>    Copyright (C) 2003-2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>    License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later 
> <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
>    This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
>    There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
>    Written by Bruno Haible

This indicates that you have the 'gettext' package installed but not the 
'gettext-devel'
package.

Denver Gingerich wrote:
> >    $ msgmerge --version
> >    bash: msgmerge: command not found
> 
> There's the problem.  These tools need to be available in order to
> regenerate the .gmo files.

Correct. For working on CVS checkouts you need more tools than for building a
released tarball.

> It seems that the Cygwin gettext package should include msgfmt and
> msgmerge unless there is a good reason not to.

No, Cygwin has two separate packages 'gettext' and 'gettext-devel', like it is
recommended in gettext's PACKAGING file. The "good reason" not to put all
programs into the 'gettext' package is the installed size (400 KB vs. 5 MB),
in relation to the number of users (100% vs. maybe 25%).

Bruno