- @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 --from-code=UTF-8 $(POTFILES) -o ikiwiki.pot -Lperl --add-comments=translators; \
+ fi