Re: configure gaps

I wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
>> make -C backend all
>> make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/pg_9_0/src/backend'
>> msgfmt -o po/de.mo po/de.po
>> You don't have 'xgettext'.
>> make[2]: *** [po/de.mo] Error 1

> It seems to me that this indicates brain death on the part of the SLES
> packager.  Surely if msgfmt requires xgettext to work in his build, they
> should be in the same subpackage, or else the one containing msgfmt
> ought to require the one containing xgettext.

Wait a minute ... I was supposing that msgfmt was trying to invoke
xgettext, but now I notice that that exact message wording is in our
nls-global.mk.  Is it possible that your build is trying to rebuild the
.pot files for some reason (maybe a timestamp skew issue)?
        regards, tom lane