There is a conditional in the makefile(s): HAVE_MSGFMT = no but po/Makefile is still trying to call msgfmt. I think it is because po/Makefile is still added to AC_CONFIG_FILES, but this is where my investigation ends and I create a bug report. :)
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3415638&group_id=55736&atid=478070 Concerning gettext in OS X, I got a big warning when installing with homebrew that OS X ships with GNU gettext (or BSD, can't remember which), which is weird since homebrew is pretty modern. On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 2:27 AM, Hans-Christoph Steiner <[email protected]>wrote: > > Hmm, yes, it seems that Mac OS X does not include gettext, its the same on > my 10.5 install. You can use the old build system in src/configure.ac and > get no translations or install gettext and use the new build system. I > suppose we need to add gettext detection to the new build system so it'll > build without gettext. > > .hc > > > On Sep 26, 2011, at 12:53 AM, Rich E wrote: > > Hi all, > > I compiled pd vanilla (Miller's git repo) in OS X 10.7 Lion yesterday and > ran into (only) a couple hitches. > > It seems gettext is missing and this causes the linking to fail because it > can't find the msgfmt tool. I got it and compiled pd by doing: > > sudo brew install --universal gettext > sudo ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/gettext/0.18.1.1/bin/msgfmt/usr/local/bin/msgfmt > ./configure CFLAGS="-arch i386" LDFLAGS="-arch i386" > make > > I don't know much about the gettext tool, but am I wrong in thinking that > it should surely be there and blame apple for messing up on a very common > unix package? > > Cheers, > Rich > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > "Free software means you control what your computer does. Non-free software > means someone else controls that, and to some extent controls you." - > Richard M. Stallman > > >
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