The po/Makefile.in.in file shipped with gettext 0.19 triggers a bug in the old make(1) on FreeBSD 9 that causes this cryptic error:
Error expanding embedded variable. A minimal Makefile to reproduce the problem is this: FOO = BAR = $(FOO$(BAZ)) all: $(BAR) The bug no longer exists in bmake. If you google for the error message, you'll find the advice "use gmake", which is not particularly appropriate in this case, since po/Makefile.in.in is portable and does not use any gmake features. The po/Makefile.in.in that ships with gettext is copied into a zillion projects. I ran into the problem when pkg-fallout sent me a report about my recent archivers/gcpio update. I expect the problem to spread, as projects start using newer versions of this file. Here's the fix I used: --- po/Makefile.in.in.orig 2015-09-12 10:51:46 UTC +++ po/Makefile.in.in @@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ CATALOGS = @CATALOGS@ POFILESDEPS_ = $(srcdir)/$(DOMAIN).pot POFILESDEPS_yes = $(POFILESDEPS_) POFILESDEPS_no = +PO_DEPENDS_ON_POT = POFILESDEPS = $(POFILESDEPS_$(PO_DEPENDS_ON_POT)) DISTFILESDEPS_ = update-po -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber na...@mips.inka.de _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
