Georg Schwarz wrote:

> lorenz 2% /usr/local/pkg/bin/gettext --version
> gettext (GNU gettext) 0.11.5

I seem to suffer from the same problem. Trying to build
sysutils/mc of pkgsrc-2003Q4 on Solaris:

| [...]
| 
| /opt/PKG/bin/msgfmt -o zh_TW.Big5.mo zh_TW.Big5.po
| zh_TW.Big5.po:524:14: invalid control sequence
| zh_TW.Big5.po:528:16: invalid control sequence
| zh_TW.Big5.po:532:12: invalid control sequence
| zh_TW.Big5.po:772:15: invalid control sequence
| zh_TW.Big5.po:785:29: invalid control sequence
| zh_TW.Big5.po:787:29: invalid control sequence
| zh_TW.Big5.po:1356:12: invalid control sequence
| zh_TW.Big5.po:1396:14: invalid control sequence
| zh_TW.Big5.po:1808:12: invalid control sequence
| zh_TW.Big5.po:1847:17: invalid control sequence
| zh_TW.Big5.po:2090:7: invalid control sequence
| zh_TW.Big5.po:2371:16: invalid control sequence
| zh_TW.Big5.po:2562:21: invalid control sequence
| zh_TW.Big5.po:2880:37: invalid control sequence
| zh_TW.Big5.po:2890:37: invalid control sequence
| zh_TW.Big5.po:2900:37: invalid control sequence
| zh_TW.Big5.po:3093:17: invalid control sequence
| zh_TW.Big5.po:3907:10: invalid control sequence
| zh_TW.Big5.po:3962:31: invalid control sequence
| zh_TW.Big5.po:4107:17: invalid control sequence
| /opt/PKG/bin/msgfmt: too many errors, aborting
| gmake[1]: *** [zh_TW.Big5.mo] Error 1
| gmake[1]: Leaving directory /opt/PKGsrc/obj/sysutils/mc/work/mc-4.5.51/po'
| gmake: *** [all] Error 1
| *** Error code 2
| 
| Stop.
| bmake: stopped in /opt/PKGsrc/src/sysutils/mc
| *** Error code 1
| 
| Stop.
| bmake: stopped in /opt/PKGsrc/src/sysutils/mc
| lillack@dirac:/opt/PKGsrc/src/sysutils/mc> /opt/PKG/bin/msgfmt --version
| msgfmt (GNU gettext) 0.11.5
| [...]

Cheers, Rob.
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