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Date:      Fri, 23 Jan 2004 14:14:09 -0600
From:      Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net>
To:        Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP: New gettext update
Message-ID:  <opr18vtvvz8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <20040123201250.GK3365@toxic.magnesium.net>
References:  <1074887353.768.86.camel@gyros> <20040123201250.GK3365@toxic.magnesium.net>

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On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 15:12:50 -0500, Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org> 
wrote:

>>> (01.23.2004 @ 1449 PST): Joe Marcus Clarke said, in 1.1K: <<
>> I'm sure that by now, people have seen that the main gettext port was
>> updated to 0.13, and 0.12.1 was moved to gettext-old.  This is going to
>> cause some headaches for GNOME users (well, anyone really).  What you
>> need to do is first remove gettext, then install gettext-old.  At that
>> point, you should be okay.
>>
>> What would be nice is for someone with a fast machine to modify the
>> necessary GNOME bits to use the new gettext, and do a full GNOME build.
>> If that works, we can migrate GNOME over to the new gettext (and then
>> we'll have to remove gettext-old, and install gettext...).  Yes, this
>> sucks.
>>> end of "HEADS UP: New gettext update" from Joe Marcus Clarke <<
>
> Should it be backed out until it can be better thought out and tested?

Perhaps, do the opposite by gettext-new for 0.13 and keep gettext (0.12.x) 
until the gettext-new is well tested?

Cheers,
Mezz

> I tried a clean build test with the new gettext, and it's stopped cold.
> This breaks *everything* in GNOME afaict.
>
> # Adam
>
>
> --
> Adam Weinberger
> adam@vectors.cx // adamw@FreeBSD.org // adamw@magnesium.net
> http://www.vectors.cx


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