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

[Bruno Haible]

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

Bruno
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