Re: gettext, msgfmt -c printf reordering

[Andreas Schwab]

address@hidden (Werner Koch) writes:

|> Hi!
|> 
|> Using msgfmt (GNU gettext) 0.10.40 on 
|> 
|> ============
|> #: g10/passphrase.c:521
|> #, c-format
|> msgid ""
|> "You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for user:\n"
|> "\"%.*s\"\n"
|> "%u-bit %s key, ID %08lX, created %s%s\n"
|> msgstr ""
|> "Necesita una contraseña para desbloquear la clave secreta\n"
|> "del usuario: \"%.*s\"\n"
|> "clave %3$s de %2$u bits, ID %08lX, creada el %s%s\n"
|> 
|> =============
|> 
|> $ msgfmt -c es.po
|> es.po:3413: number of format specifications in `msgid' and `msgstr' does not 
match
|> found 1 fatal error
|> 
|> 
|> I can't see any actual error in msgstr and even after adding the $ flags
|> to the other arguments the error persists.

You cannot mix positional with non-positional formats in the same format
string.  Are you sure you fixed the translation correctly?

Andreas.

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