Re: [bug-gettext] How to test uninstalled program?

[Reuben Thomas]

On 12 September 2011 00:24, Bruno Haible <address@hidden> wrote:
> Reuben Thomas wrote:
>> When I update a translation string in, say, GNU hello, set my locale
>> appropriately, and re-make the program, then run it, I still get the
>> old translation strings installed on the system. What do I need to do
>> to get the strings from my build tree?
>
> The easiest way is to do "cd po; make install".
>
> The second easiest say is to run the "msgfmt -c" command with appropriate
> arguments that will install just the one message catalog that you have
> been changing. For example
>  msgfmt -c -o /usr/local/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/hello.mo po/eo.po

Thanks.

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