[gettext] Re: gettext fix

[Bruno Haible]

Thomas Kloczko wrote on 1999-04-09:

> This patch modify:
>
> - remove $(GMOFILES) from $(DISTFILES) in po/Makefile.in.in - this removes
>   copying .gmo files on "make dist"; .gmo files is not neccesary in dist
>   tarball (smaler dist tar); this file is copied from
>   $(datadir)/gettext/po on "gettext --copy --force" to po/ directory,
>
> - fix instalation .mo files on "make install DESTDIR="

Thanks.

The DESTDIR part is correct; gettext-0.10.37 includes support for DESTDIR.

But the removal of $(GMOFILES) from DISTFILES is wrong. It would have
the effect that your package can only be installed by people who
already have gettext installed.

Bruno