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Re: [bug-gettext] Debian Bug#872869: msgfmt: trailing null bytes in head
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Bruno Haible |
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Re: [bug-gettext] Debian Bug#872869: msgfmt: trailing null bytes in header's msgstr |
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Wed, 06 Sep 2017 03:06:42 +0200 |
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Hi Daiki,
> >> $ msgunfmt /usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gettext-runtime.mo | msgfmt -
> >> $ i18nspector messages.mo
> >> E: messages.mo: invalid-mo-file unexpected null byte in msgstr
> Although it was reported against an unreleased version, can we have a
> test case for this to prevent similar issue happening in the future?
Good point. I missed this.
But instead of a test that checks against this mistake in a special
test case (by use of 'msgunfmt'), wouldn't it be better to check against it
always, by adding code to 'msgfmt'?
Bruno