Re: %find_lang appending to file instead overwriting

[Dag Wieers <dag wieers com>]

On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Abel Cheung wrote:

> On 2003-09-04(Thu) 03:07:02 +0200, Dag Wieers wrote:
> 
> > Would there be an objection to change find_lang.sh so that it appends to a 
> > file instead of overwriting ?
> > 
> > This specific case (and I've had some others in the past) has got 
> > locale-files for several different programs. But the %files section can 
> > only be used once per package.
> 
> Yes, I would second that too. GIMP, for example, uses several
> translation domains at once, and it's pretty cumbersome to create
> several file lists containing translations and then cat it into a big
> list afterwards.
> 
> Or alternatively, we can add a --all-name switch to find_lang, so that
> it can search for ALL locale files in $datadir/locale/ , instead of just
> finding translation files with some particular name.

I like this idea. Maybe we could even do it like this:

	%find_lang
	Creates a %{name}.lang with _all_ locale files

	%find_lang childsplay
	Creates a childsplay.lang with the childsplay locale files

	%find_lang childsplay letters memory
	Creates a childsplay.lang with the childsplay, letters and memory locale files

Or maybe another macro as the latter case wouldn't be backward compatible.

Anyway, my initial recommendation is backward compatible and easy to fix.

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