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Re: Compiling Git in Mac OS X Leopard

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LLLuke Lu <git@vicaya.com>
Date
Feb 7, 2008, 07:32 UTC
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<E9380AA8-2E38-4733-9940-FFD51BB84700@maisniemi.net>
On Feb 6, 2008, at 11:09 PM, Sami Maisniemi wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> I tried to compile Git in Mac OS X Leopard, because I was unable to  
> find any precompiled binaries. However, the compilation was aborted  
> due to the following error:
>
> msgfmt --statistics --tcl po/de.po -l de -d po/
> make[1]: msgfmt: Command not found
> make[1]: *** [po/de.msg] Error 127
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> It seems that the makefile uses an application called msgfmt that  
> is not available in Mac OS X Leopard. What is application msgfmt  
> and why it is required? Is there any kind of workaround available?
>
> Regards Sami Maisniemi
Install macports if you haven't and then

sudo port selfupdate sudo port install git-core

macports should manage all the dependencies needed by the packages including gettext which provides msgfmt, After that you can git clone the lastest git.git if you want to mess with git and it should compile without any problem.

__Luke
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  1. Sami MaisniemiFeb 7, 2008
  2. Shawn O. PearceFeb 7, 2008
  3. Luke LuFeb 7, 2008

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