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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/ABOUT-NLS b/ABOUT-NLS
index 9e7718082..5dd01e60f 100644
--- a/ABOUT-NLS
+++ b/ABOUT-NLS
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ One advise in advance
If you want to exploit the full power of internationalization, you
should configure it using
- ./configure --with-gnu-gettext
+ ./configure --with-included-gettext
to force usage of internationalizing routines provided within this
package, despite the existence of internationalizing capabilities in
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ the GNU `gettext' package is *not* required. Installers may use
special options at configuration time for changing the default
behaviour. The commands:
- ./configure --with-gnu-gettext
+ ./configure --with-included-gettext
./configure --with-catgets
./configure --disable-nls
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ should use the more recent version of the GNU `gettext' library. I.e.
if the file `intl/VERSION' shows that the library which comes with this
package is more recent, you should use
- ./configure --with-gnu-gettext
+ ./configure --with-included-gettext
to prevent auto-detection.
@@ -205,10 +205,16 @@ languages PO files have been submitted to translation coordination.
cs de en es fi fr ja ko no pl pt sl sv
1 16 1 3 1 21 1 6 3 1 3 6 9
+ Some counters in the preceding matrix are higher than the number of
+visible blocks let us expect. This is because a few extra PO files are
+used for implementing regional variants of languages, or language
+dialects.
+
For a PO file in the matrix above to be effective, the package to
-which it applies should also have been internationalized and distributed
-as such by its maintainer. There is often a lag between the mere
-existence a PO file and its wide availability in a GNU distribution.
+which it applies should also have been internationalized and
+distributed as such by its maintainer. There might be an observable
+lag between the mere existence a PO file and its wide availability in a
+GNU distribution.
If May 1996 seems to be old, you may fetch a more recent copy of
this `ABOUT-NLS' file on most GNU archive sites.