Re: [gettext-0.11] plural error on fr.po but not on sv.po

[Bruno Haible]

Perry Rapp writes:
> 
> gettext 0.11
> 
> I get an error because fr.po lacks a plural heading,
> and has a pluralization translation.
> 
> ** BEGIN QUOTE from fr.po (gives error)
> 
> msgid "There was %d unresolved reference."
> msgid_plural "There were %d unresolved references."
> msgstr[0] "Il y a %d référence non résolue."
> msgstr[1] "Il y a %d références non résolues."
> 
> ** END QUOTE

This is normal. Tell the translator to add a plural form description
to the header of the PO file. (He can do it by moving fr.po to a
backup location and running "msginit"; this will create a nearly empty
fr.po file but with the right plural-forms entry.)

> However, my sv.po also lacks a plural heading, and also
> has a pluralization translation, but it does not
> generate the error.
> 
> ** BEGIN QUOTE from sv.po (does not give error)
> 
> #: src/liflines/add.c:62
> #, fuzzy, c-format
> msgid "There was %d unresolved reference."
> msgid_plural "There were %d unresolved references."
> msgstr[0] "Det fanns %d olöst referens."
> msgstr[1] "Det fanns %d olöst referens."
> 
> ** END QUOTE

Fuzzy messages are not put into the message catalog by msgfmt. The
error will appear once the translator updates the translation and
removes the "fuzzy" attribute.

Bruno