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authorBruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>2011-03-05 14:33:55 +0100
committerBruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>2011-03-05 14:33:55 +0100
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doc: Improve doc regarding autopoint vs. gnulib.
* doc/gnulib-tool.texi (gettextize and autopoint): Recommend to disable autopoint while running autoreconf. Suggested by Ralf Wildenhues.
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@@ -483,6 +483,14 @@ it means that a new GNU gettext release was made, and its autoconf macros
were integrated into Gnulib and now mismatch the @file{po/} infrastructure.
In this case, fetch and install the new GNU gettext release and run
@code{gettextize} followed by @code{gnulib-tool}.
+
+@item
+When you invoke @code{autoreconf} after @code{gnulib-tool}, make sure to
+not invoke @code{autopoint} a second time, by setting the @code{AUTOPOINT}
+environment variable, like this:
+@smallexample
+$ env AUTOPOINT=true autoreconf --install
+@end smallexample
@end enumerate