* Detect old versions of xgettext and avoid using them.

[git.ikiwiki.info.git] / po / Makefile

diff --git a/po/Makefile b/po/Makefile
index a415854a2afabf1c1eefe5eca6e3ec6169c82a49..cc931c5a8c9693dcd236084e49166a80171af4d4 100644 (file)
--- a/po/Makefile
+++ b/po/Makefile
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ install: all
        done
 
 ikiwiki.pot: $(POTFILES)
-       @echo "Rebuilding the pot file"
-       xgettext $(POTFILES) -o ikiwiki.pot -Lperl --add-comments=translators
+       @if perl -e '($$ver)=`xgettext -V | head -n 1`=~/.*\s+([0-9]+\.[0-9]+)/; die "gettext $$ver too old, not updating the pot file\n" if $$ver < 0.16'; then \
+               echo "Rebuilding the pot file"; \
+               xgettext $(POTFILES) -o ikiwiki.pot -Lperl --add-comments=translators; \
+       fi
 
 clean:
        rm -f $(MOFILES) messages messages.mo