[PATCH] configure: Check if version of msgfmt (from gettext) is recent enough by checking features (try 2).

[Christian Costa]

Now just check features rather than version number.
---
 configure.ac |   21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0b68774..e04bea8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -284,6 +284,25 @@ AC_CHECK_PROGS(CONVERT, convert, false)
 AC_CHECK_PROGS(ICOTOOL, icotool, false)
 AC_CHECK_PROGS(MSGFMT, msgfmt, false)
 
+dnl Check the msgfmt version
+if test "$MSGFMT" = "msgfmt"
+then
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether msgfmt (from gettext) is recent enough])
+  cat >conftest.po <<EOF
+# comment
+msgctxt "ctxt"
+msgid "id"
+msgstr "str"
+EOF
+  if msgfmt conftest.po >/dev/null 2>&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD
+  then
+    AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+  else
+    AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+    MSGFMT=false
+  fi
+fi
+
 if test "x$enable_maintainer_mode" != "xyes"
 then
   AC_SUBST([MAINTAINER_MODE],[\#])
@@ -350,7 +369,7 @@ fi
 
 test "x$with_gettext" != xno || MSGFMT=false
 WINE_WARNING_WITH(gettext,[test "$MSGFMT" = false],
-                  [gettext tools not found, translations won't be built.])
+                  [gettext tools not found (or too old), translations won't be built.])
 
 dnl **** Check for some libraries ****