trunk doesn't build

[Geert Janssens]

On woensdag 10 augustus 2011, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Geert Janssens <janssens-geert at telenet.be> writes:
> >> > src/gnome/gnucash.desktop.in
> >> > 
> >> > Should this be added to POTFILES.in as suggested by the tool, or would
> >> > that result in weird things ? I don't know how the gettext tools deal
> >> > with desktop files.
> >> 
> >> Yes, gnucash.desktop.in should be in POTFILES.in.
> > 
> > Even if gnucash.desktop.in.in is already included ?
> 
> Hmm...  Possibly.  Gettext should include them together if they are the
> same strings.  But yes, the script did say to include desktop.in files.
> 
Looking better I notice that both src/gnome/gnucash.desktop.in and 
src/gnome/gnucash.desktop.in.in are included in POTFILES.ignore
AND src/gnome/gnucash.desktop.in.in is also included in POTFILES.in.

That's a bit strange IMO.

Additionally, make check is not complaining about src/gnome/gnucash.desktop.in 
but about BuildTrunk/src/gnome/gnucash.desktop.in (I removed the build 
directory from my first post thinking it wasn't relevant, silly me).

So it complains about a generated file in a build directory, not in the source 
directory.

To be sure, I started with a clean checkout and build that one. make check 
still gives the same error.

Why would gettext search for translations in the build directory, that doesn't 
seem to make sense ?

Geert