Re: Bug#440710: gettext: msgfmt -c: number of format specifications in 'msgid' and 'msgstr[0]' does not match (fwd)

[Jens Seidel]

Hi Chusslove,

On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 01:38:55PM +0200, Chusslove Illich wrote:
> > [: Jens Seidel :]
> > msgfmt --check complains on a valid file:
> >
> >   ru.po:11: number of format specifications in 'msgid' and 'msgstr[0]' does 
> > not match
> >   msgfmt: found 1 fatal error
> 
> The attached PO snippet is in fact not valid:

you are of course right! Thanks a lot for the explanation. I will
forward your explanation to the (very experienced!) Russian translator.
 
I feel now very bad for producing always bogus bug reports :-(

At least it is now documented and other people can find it ...

> because msgstr[0] does not contain %d, but it will be used for all numbers
> ending with 1 and not with 11.

I always thought about central European languages where singular is only
used for 1. My former Russian teacher would not be happy that I forgot
such elementary stuff ...

Thanks again, 
Jens