Gettext .mo portability

[Thierry Pierron]

Hi there,

There's a few thing that is not very clear in the documentation of gettext.
Actually is the .mo files compiled with msgfmt(1) portable across different
platform ?

If I compile my .po files on a x86 Linux box, are they readable for example on
MacOS X (with compatible version of course) ?

Here's my real problem : should I include pre-compiled version of .po in my
package or not ?

I hope that's possible, otherwise gettext package would be just a real pain for
users. Well, I don't want to force user to install gettext whenever they want
to have my programs translated (especially on MacOS X).

Another question : how can I know that gettext(3) is using mmap(2) ? And how can
I disable it ? That feature is a real hassle when developping translated
program. Please don't reply by recompiling libc, because this is exactly like
assuming it's impossible.

Thank for any help,
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Thierry Pierron