Re: POSIX xgettext and dgettext() calls
Bruno Haible wrote, on 12 May 2022: > > https://posix.rhansen.org/p/gettext_draft > Lines 1173..1179 > > > on Solaris, the resulting .po file is called "foobar.po" and contains the > > msgid "test". > > Confirmed; it's like this on OmniOS and OpenIndiana. > > > Running it on GNU, the resulting .po file is called "messages.po" and there > > is no indication that the msgid belongs to "foobar". > > Confirmed as well. It is like this since at least version 0.10.40 from 2001. > > > According to the L18nux specification, the Solaris behavior is intended. > > Confirmed: LI18NUX 2000 says "msgid strings in dgettext() calls are written > to the output file domainname.po where domainname is the first parameter to > the dgettext() call." > > > Why does GNU xgettext deviate? > > I think there are three reasons: > [...] > > Suggestion: > Mark this case as unspecified. In today's teleconference we made changes to allow both behaviours, although we made it implementation-defined rather than unspecified. (I.e. implementations have to document which way they behave.) -- Geoff Clare The Open Group, Apex Plaza, Forbury Road, Reading, RG1 1AX, England
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