Re: bug with top_builddir in Makefile.in.in in gettext 0.11.2

[Bruno Haible]

Martin Norbäck wrote:
> Makefile.in.in does not define top_builddir anymore, this means that the
> following dependency fails:
> 
> Makefile: Makefile.in.in $(top_builddir)/config.status POTFILES.in
> 
> This was changed from the previous version. It seems these variables has
> moved to a file called Makevars.template, not Makevars. Seems like you
> have to copy the file by hand.

It was moved to a file called Makevars, and the package maintainer is
expected to create this file.

> This is not good, because things like rpm runs gettextize automatically,

It shouldn't do so. gettextize is an interactive tool.

> and if the package is not already built with gettext 0.11.2 (very few
> packages are), then it will fail.

The failure is expected. Upgrading from one gettext version to another
requires maintainer attention, in particular reading the gettext
documentation and the gettextize output.

> cp po/Makevars.template po/Makevars
> 
> to the build rules.

It is wrong, because it will kill settings that the maintainer has
already made in po/Makevars.

Bruno