Re: Bug#147624: gettext: xgettext seems vaguely unaware of pot extension (fwd)

[Bruno Haible]

Mark Eichin writes:

> The texinfo doc consistently (following the "picture") refers to the
> PO Template and .pot file as the output resulting from xgettext:
> 
>      |   .-----<--- PACKAGE.pot <--- xgettext <---'  
> 
> In reality, xgettext never outputs a .pot file -- by default it
> outputs a domain-argument.po (or messages.po) file instead.

I see what you mean. I'm adding an explanation about it to the
documentation.

> The default output should be consistent with what the workflow document
> says is going on -- at very least it helps a gettext user (ie. a
> developer) know that he's in the right place.

That would be ideal, in theory. But I cannot change the way xgettext
constructs its output file name; that would break existing Makefiles.

Bruno