Installing gettext-0.19.8.1, I'm seeing a test failure:
FAIL: xgettext-its-2 ==================== FAIL xgettext-its-2 (exit status: 1) When I trace the script with "sh -x", I can see that xgettext gives an error message in German: + xgettext -o /dev/null input.a xgettext: Warnung: Typ der Datei »input.a« mit Suffix »a« ist unbekannt; C wird versucht Fixed by setting the environment variable LC_MESSAGES=C, to force an English message. By the way, the 3rd and 4th test in this file is redundant. search-path.c says: 1. $GETTEXTDATADIR or GETTEXTDATADIR 2. $GETTEXTDATADIRS 3. $XDG_DATA_DIRS, where each element is suffixed with "gettext" 4. $GETTEXTDATADIR or GETTEXTDATADIR, suffixed with PACKAGE_SUFFIX */ Therefore: - Setting GETTEXTDATADIRS while GETTEXTDATADIR is still set cannot have any effect. - Setting XDG_DATA_DIRS while GETTEXTDATADIR or GETTEXTDATADIRS is still set cannot have any effect. Fixed as well. Bruno