On Thu, 7 Jan 2010, Yann Dirson wrote:
> Package: gettext-doc
> Version: 0.17-8
> Severity: important
>
> If one wants to run one of the gettext examples, one first has to copy
> the relevant dir somewhere else, together with the "installpaths"
> file. But then one gets the error reproduced below.
>
> Side note: a README.Debian to explain how to run the examples would be
> welcome.
There is already a README, which says, in theory, what to do:
1. Build and install the GNU gettext package, as described in the INSTALL
file.
2. cd to the example and do
./autogen.sh
3. Then you can build the example as usual:
./configure --prefix=/some/prefix
make
make install
and see it work by executing
/some/prefix/bin/hello
Let's assume for a while that installing the Debian gettext package
fulfills point 1. If I do this:
cd /usr/share/doc/gettext-doc/examples
mkdir /tmp/tmp
cp -a * /tmp/tmp
cd /tmp/tmp/hello-c
./autogen.sh
then a "configure" script is created, provided you have automake and
autoconf installed, but this is something the usual developer already knows.
> The first problem is the lack of the examples/config/ directory.
Could you please clarify in which sense that's a problem?
[ There is not an examples/config/ directory in the source, and none is
created by building the gettext package ].
> Also, the /usr/share/doc/gettext/examples/ path suggests to get a
> symlink added to /usr/share/doc/gettext/, or to get installpaths (and
> possibly other docs ?) in line with the gettex-doc/examples/ location.
Ok, but if the user is supposed to copy this somewhere, then there is
no point in fixing the path the way you suggest.
> Then the subsequent errors may disappear as well, but it's hard to be
> sure :)
You forgot to tell which example you tried. I am sure that some of
them will fail if you don't have appropriate build-dependencies, but
I assume that whoever will try it will realize about this.
The hello program in C seems to work.
Please clarify what you did, and what do you expect. Currently, I don't
even know if this is being reported as an upstream bug or a packaging bug.
[ BTW: making gettext-doc to depend on other development packages is not
an option, users should be free to install gettext-doc just to read it
and study it, without being forced to install other packages ].
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