patch 8.1.1487: older msgfmt cannot generate proper .desktop file
Problem: Older msgfmt cannot generate proper .desktop file.
Solution: Add a configure check to not use this msgfmt version. (Ken Takata)
diff --git a/src/configure.ac b/src/configure.ac
index 946c10d..773844a 100644
--- a/src/configure.ac
+++ b/src/configure.ac
@@ -4302,8 +4302,14 @@
AC_MSG_CHECKING([if msgfmt supports --desktop])
MSGFMT_DESKTOP=
if "$MSGFMT" --help | grep -e '--desktop' >/dev/null; then
- AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
- MSGFMT_DESKTOP="gvim.desktop vim.desktop"
+ if "$MSGFMT" --version | grep '0.19.[[3-7]]$' >/dev/null; then
+ dnl GNU gettext 0.19.7's --desktop is broken. We assume back to
+ dnl 0.19.3 is also broken.
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([broken])
+ else
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+ MSGFMT_DESKTOP="gvim.desktop vim.desktop"
+ fi
else
AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
fi