Quoting Volker Moell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> [...]
> file=./`echo sl | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
> && rm -f $file && PATH=../src:$PATH msgfmt -o $file sl.po
> usage: msgfmt [ -dv ] [ - ] [ name ... ]
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Could it be that configure picked up a shell script called `msgfmt'
instead of the real `msgfmt' programm that comes from gettext package
(/usr/bin/msgfmt on my computer)? What happens when you run `msgfmt
--help' from your command prompt? What kind of Linux system is that?
-- jan
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Jan Prikryl | vr|vis center for virtual reality and visualisation
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