Re: [bug-gettext] “distcheck -j” failure caused by ‘update-po’

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi Bruno,

Bruno Haible <address@hidden> skribis:

>> Actually it does happen with -j1 too:
>> 
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> make[5]: Entering directory 
>> '/home/ludo/src/guix/guix-0.13.0tp-dirty/_build/sub/po/guix'
>> cs:
>> cd ../../../../po/guix && msgmerge  --lang=cs cs.po guix.pot -o cs.new.po
>> ........................................................................... 
>> done.
>> da:
>> cd ../../../../po/guix && msgmerge  --lang=da da.po guix.pot -o da.new.po
>> ....................................................... done.
>> 
>> [...]
>> 
>> pt_BR:
>> cd ../../../../po/guix && msgmerge  --lang=pt_BR pt_BR.po guix.pot -o 
>> pt_BR.new.po
>> ........................................................................ 
>> done.
>> sr:
>> cd ../../../../po/guix && msgmerge  --lang=sr sr.po guix.pot -o sr.new.po
>> ................................................................... done.
>> mv: ne eblas movi 
>> '/home/ludo/src/guix/guix-0.13.0tp-dirty/_build/sub/po/guix/sr.new.po' al 
>> 'sr.po': Mankas permeso
>> msgmerge for sr.po failed: cannot move 
>> /home/ludo/src/guix/guix-0.13.0tp-dirty/_build/sub/po/guix/sr.new.po to sr.po
>> make[5]: *** [Makefile:460: sr.po-update] Error 1
>> make[5]: Leaving directory 
>> '/home/ludo/src/guix/guix-0.13.0tp-dirty/_build/sub/po/guix'
>> make[4]: *** [Makefile:447: update-po] Error 2
>
> Now, this sounds like a bug: po/Makefile should not prevent "make distcheck"
> from passing.
>
>> I don’t see why only ‘sr.po’ is causing this problem.
>
> Can you please open a ticket at https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=gettext
> and attach the files Makefile, Makevars, da.po, sr.po ? So that someone can
> analyze this.

Reported at <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?51027>.

Thank you,
Ludo’.