Re: Git and gettext

From: Kim Scarborough <kim@scarborough.kim>
Date: Aug 6, 2024, 09:52 UTC
Message-ID: <97f1ca52-85b1-443d-a52c-67fce2e25f98@scarborough.kim>
In-Reply-To: <20240805005311.GA66003@coredump.intra.peff.net>

On 8/4/24 7:53 PM, Jeff King wrote:

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> If we don't have msgfmt, I think git-gui invokes a custom script via
> tclsh. If you also don't have that, it will fail. Running with "make
> V=1" makes this more obvious, since it shows the fallback command name
> instead of "MSGFMT".
> 
> If you don't need git-gui at all, the simplest thing is to just run
> "make NO_GETTEXT=1 NO_TCLTK=1". That's what I do, and I have neither
> msgfmt nor gettext on my system.

That did it. Thanks!

Would it be possible to modify the configure script so that it checks for this stuff?

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Kim Scarborough