[bug-gettext] [bug #45394] xgettext -x should use more relaxed rules for msgid validity

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URL:
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                 Summary: xgettext -x should use more relaxed rules for msgid
validity
                 Project: GNU gettext
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Wed 24 Jun 2015 03:59:20 PM UTC
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any

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Details:

When the file with msgids to be excluded using the -x option contains
problematic msgids, xgettext fails.
This is a problem when the -a option is used, as -a causes things like
msgid ""
or
msgid "blabla\004blabla"
in the output, which I try to remove using the -x, as in
xgettext -a some.c -x some.xcl

In my opinion either -x should accept strings that do not follow all the
rules, or -a shouldn't output such msgids.




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