grub-devel
[Top][All Lists]
Advanced

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: Build failures on Ubuntu due to gettext


From: Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
Subject: Re: Build failures on Ubuntu due to gettext
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:25:01 +0100
User-agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20091109)

Carles Pina i Estany wrote:
> And confirmed: if the translator adds %C in the second string
> ("Booting a command list") msgfmt -c is not complaining.
>
> So I would apply your patch, after understanding that it's only for
> strings that doesn't have any %C (and in my opinion xgettext could
> add the c-format if it's in a C file, but we will not discuss it here
> now :-) , I guess that in some cases would not be correct)
>
> Your patch conflicts with my one (Subject: gettext: grub_printf_ and N_)
> but it's not a big problem. If you commit before I would adapt
> my one, else I would adapt your one. 
>
>   
Your N_ patch superseeds Colin's patch. Feel free to use printf_ where
necessary. It solves format-security problems


-- 
Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko


Attachment: signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature


reply via email to

[Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread]