"Eric S. Raymond" <esr(_at_)thyrsus(_dot_)com> writes:
OK, I have attempted to write this into my dist and install
productions. I wish I had any confidence at all that this weren't
going to break my build in some way that will take me three or four
point releases to recover from.
I'm sorry about it.
In case anyone hasn't noticed, I think the gettext system is
overdesigned, overelaborate, badly documented, infuriatingly fragile,
and I frequently wish I could shoot it through the head.
Some points will be addressed for the next release (0.11 -- according to
Bruno Haible, this is still some months away). I'm not a hacker, but
I've learnt i18n/l10n matters are not easy to solve.
hmh(_at_)debian(_dot_)org writes:
I've already told you this, once: dump the piece of trash version of
gettext your distro is using, get the newest gettext (the older ones
ARE as buggy as a rotting carcass) and do a once-over to the makefiles
according to the documentation in the new gettext. Maybe for 5.10.x ?
Yes, I didn't check the version fetchmail is using. Yes, one should go
for 0.10.40, please.
Also, forget about supportting anything other than the newest GNU
gettext and tell everyone else to use --with-included-gettext. This
will do wonders to your sanity.
Good advise!
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