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Asked: 2026-06-15T07:05:07+00:00

I have a Perl module that handles localization tasks using the GNU gettext utilities

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I have a Perl module that handles localization tasks using the GNU gettext utilities xgettext, msgfmt, msginit, and msgmerge. I got some test failures from a SunOS system which, when I looked into it, seemed to be ancient. For now I am skipping tests when msgfmt and xgettext choke on a simple --version option. But I think it would be better to refuse to install unless a relatively modern version of the GNU Gettext utilities are installed.

So, what’s the best way to do that? I’d like to just figure out what’s installed and if it supports the options I need, and refuse to install the module if those dependencies are not met. Should I just run gettext --version and refuse to install if it exits with a non-0 value? Or might there be a more canonical solution?

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    Since “gettext –version” should always return a value on any “contemporary” version (for example, I just tried it on a circa 1997 Redhat … and it worked!), that should be sufficient.

    IMHO…

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