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Re: Bug#440710: gettext: msgfmt -c: number of format specifications in '


From: Bruno Haible
Subject: Re: Bug#440710: gettext: msgfmt -c: number of format specifications in 'msgid' and 'msgstr[0]' does not match (fwd)
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 01:09:37 +0200
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Jens Seidel <address@hidden> wrote via Santiago Vila:

> 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
> 
> I attached it.

The file is invalid: It does not mention the argument number (represented
by %d) in msgstr[0]. Recall that msgstr[0] applies to all values n for which
the plural formula returns 0, these are 1, 21, 31, ..., 91, 101, 121, ...
- whereas msgstr[0] says "It remained to pass 1 more".

Bruno





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