Re: Bug#698869: dpkg-shlibdeps "useless dependency" message is mistranslated in ru

[Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>]

On 2013-01-24 19:41 +0100, Christian PERRIER wrote:

> (please keep the -l10n-russian list CC'ed)
>
> Quoting Andrey Rahmatullin (wrar@wrar.name):
>> Package: dpkg
>> Version: 1.16.9
>> Severity: normal
>> Tags: l10n
>> 
>> msgid ""
>> "package could avoid a useless dependency if %s was not linked against %s (it "
>> "uses none of the library's symbols)"
>> msgstr[0] ""
>> "зависимости от %s можно избежать, если %s не
>> будет бесполезно скомпонована с "
>> "ней (не используется ни одного её символа)"
>> 
>> The first and the second %s are swapped in the translation so the meaning is
>> corrupted.
>
> Hmmm, that's mostly because the original string assumes that both
> parameters will always appear in the same order in translations, which
> is apparently not the case.
>
> Do you think there could be a way to arrange the Russian translation
> so that parameters appear in the same order than English? Even if the
> sentence is a bit more clumsy, it will at least be correct.

It should be possible to swap the parameters in the translation if you
tell msgfmt about the changed order, like this (untested since I do not
speak Russian):

"зависимости от %2$s можно избежать, если %1$s не
будет бесполезно скомпонована с "
"ней (не используется ни одного её символа)"

See (Info "(gettext) c-format Flag") for details, however I'm not sure
if perl-format works the same way as c-format in that respect.

Cheers,
       Sven