Re: msgfmt problem

[Bruno Haible]

Hello,

Jens A. Tkotz wrote:
> i am having a problem with msfmt
> 
> file../locale/cs_CZ.iso-8859-2/cs_CZ.iso-8859-2-gallery_common.po:1442:
> a format specification for argument 1 doesn't exist in 'msgstr[0]'
> 
> The lines around are these:
> 
> #: ../lib/voting.php:372
> #, php-format
> msgid "one vote"
> msgid_plural "%d votes"
> msgstr[0] "XXdnX hlasy"
> msgstr[1] "%d hlasy"
> msgstr[2] "%d hlasX"
> 
> 
> The command is:
> 
> msgfmt --check $po_file --output-file=../locale/$lang/LC_MESSAGES/$filename
> 
> Version of msgfmt is 0.16 from a SuSE 10.3-factory

The error message means that 'msgstr[0] "XXdnX hlasy"' is not suitable, since
it makes no reference to the numeric value - and according to the plural
formula (at the top of the PO file) msgstr[0] stands for more than one
numeric value.

Probably this PO file is using the "old" Czech plural formula?

          Plural-Forms: nplurals=3; \
              plural=n%10==1 && n%100!=11 ? 0 : \
                     n%10>=2 && n%10<=4 && (n%100<10 || n%100>=20) ? 1 : 2;

This problem would not occur with the "new" Czech plural formula:

          Plural-Forms: nplurals=3; \
              plural=(n==1) ? 0 : (n>=2 && n<=4) ? 1 : 2;

Of course, only the translator can judge which plural formula she finds
more correct.

Bruno