Re: Gettext 0.11.1 too picky on printf format?

[Paul Eggert]

> From: Akim Demaille <address@hidden>
> Date: 25 Mar 2002 18:15:10 +0100

> It seems to me that in the example below, msgfmt is a tad picky:

> msgid "%s: missing `%c' for %s%c escape"
> msgstr "%s: %3$s%4$c kaçýþ dizgesinde `%2$c' eksik"

It's not being too picky.  POSIX says that you cannot mix numbered
conversion specifications (e.g. %2$c) and unnumbered ones (e.g. %s).

Perhaps the diagnostic message could be improved (sorry, my French is
almost nonexistent), but the fact that a diagnostic is generated is
correct.