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Re: po2debconf errors



Stephen Gran wrote:
> I am working on a package that uses po files, inherited from the
> previous maintainer, and I am getting this during build:
> 
> po2debconf  debian/clamav-daemon.templates > debian/clamav-daemon/DEBIAN/templates
> Warning:Outdated PO file: debian/po/fr.po, running
>   debconf-updatepo --podir=debian/po
> WARNING: It seems that none of the files in POTFILES.in contain marked strings
> 
> What is a 'marked string' and how do I dig about to fix this?  I am new
> to po, so I'm sorry for asking, but I'm not sure where to start digging
> for this error message.
> 
> I have looked through the /usr/share/doc stuff and info files, but I'm
> just not seeing it.  Cluebat?

See po-debconf(7). In summary, po-debconf uses templates files in which
the translatable fields have been marked with a leading underscore. If
it's no so marked, it's assumed not to be a translatable field.

-- 
see shy jo

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