Re: Possible bug in `msgfmt` (incorrect results when invoking --statistics with version 0.22.3)

[Bruno Haible]

Hi,

> Hopefully I'm writing to the right list to report a possible issue with
> `msgfmt`. If not, please let me know!

Yes, this is the right list. In general, for GNU programs, the '--help' output
contains an indication where to send bug reports.

> tl;dr msgfmt --statistics returns different results for the same .po file
> depending on the msgfmt version
> 
> Specifically, msgfmt 0.22.3 is reporting no untranslated strings for the
> .po file available at [0]

When I do a 'wget' of that URL, I get a JSON file. The URL that you meant was
probably
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/django/django-docs-translations/stable/5.0.x/translations/zh_Hans/LC_MESSAGES/releases.po

> , and there are clearly untranslated strings
> (examples are at lines 1414, 1419, 1422, 1461, etc).

Yes, these are untranslated strings.

> $ msgfmt -V
> msgfmt (GNU gettext-tools) 0.22.3
> $ msgfmt --statistics -o /dev/null
> translations/zh_Hans/LC_MESSAGES/releases.po
> 7454 translated messages.

I obtain
$ msgfmt --statistics releases.po 
1809 translated messages, 5116 untranslated messages.
with all versions in { 0.19, 0.20, 0.21, 0.22, 0.22.3, 0.22.4 }.

Either
  * You are working with different translations/zh_Hans/LC_MESSAGES/releases.po
    files in the two cases.
Or
  * Your GNU gettext binaries are broken.
    On which platform is this? Did you compile them yourself? If not, please
    CC the project from which you obtained these binaries.

Bruno