Re: msgfmt -c

[Andreas Stricker <andreas stricker fela ch>]

>>> to add a new language (po file) to my project, i simply edit
>>> configure.in and add the language code to 'ALL_LINGUAS', and the po
>>> file gets compiled when i 'make'. now, how can i tell 'make' to
>>> compile with 'msgfmt -c'  -- instead of  simply 'msgfmt' -- so that
>>> the po file is checked for format errors? (and in a way that my
>>> setting doesn't get overwritten next time i do an './autogen.sh'!)
>
>>I think you could simply edit po/Makefile.in.in and add this option
>>at the right place.
>
> yes, but that one gets overwritten and my change lost when i call
> autogen.sh :-/

You're right, autogen.sh calls glib-gettextize with the --force option
that will overwrite your changes.
It looks like this Makefile don't need to be overwritten in your case.
Try if this patch fit your needs.

Cheers,

Andy

--- autogen.sh.orig     2005-09-19 10:46:04.000000000 +0200
+++ autogen.sh  2005-09-19 10:46:38.000000000 +0200
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
        echo "Creating $dr/aclocal.m4 ..."
        test -r $dr/aclocal.m4 || touch $dr/aclocal.m4
        echo "Running glib-gettextize...  Ignore non-fatal messages."
-       echo "no" | glib-gettextize --force --copy
+       echo "no" | glib-gettextize --copy
        echo "Making $dr/aclocal.m4 writable ..."
        test -r $dr/aclocal.m4 && chmod u+w $dr/aclocal.m4
       fi