Re: [gtk-list] Re: How to install xgettext?

[Weiqi Gao <weiqigao a crl com>]

Norbert Bladt wrote:
> 
> Ruibo Cai wrote:
> >
> >         I need to install Orbit before installation of enome-lib package.The
> > configuration of ORBit is OK, but when I make it, following message was
> > printed out:
> >         xgettext : illegal option -- -
> >         xgettext : illegal option -- -
> >         xgettext : illegal option -- -
> >         xgettext : illegal option -- k
> >         xgettext : illegal option -- e
> >         xgettext : illegal option -- -y
> >         .
> >         .
> >         .
> >         Usage: xgettext [-a [-x ........
> >
> >         What is wrong?
> The wrong "xgettext" is used.
> There is a GNU one and one which, e.g., is delivered with Solaris
> and perhaps other System VR4 systems.
> The reason can be:
> 
> The configuration of ORBit is either not checking that the xgettext
> it requires is present (it expects the GNU one and NOT the Solaris/SVR4
> one)
> or it finds the GNU one but make is calling the non-GNU one.
> 
> Solution:
>         Install GNU xgettext (source gettext-x.x.tar.gz x.x: version number)
>         or reorder your PATH if you already have it installed
>         but the non-GNU xgettext is in a directory which is scanned
>         first by your shell.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Norbert.
> 
> P.S. Is it possible to compile GNOME without ORBit ?

Yes you can.  I went into the popt/po directory and modified the
Makefile to not call xgettext, but some other lame command (like cp). 
Everything else then compiled OK.  It's still a bug though, a test of
whether the xgettext found is a GNU xgettext needs to be added.

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