X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/3b5f0e6ce91639155222e723c1890fb5ea9f9e6f..409cc4f5d0b4f31e46d6dbe0b9eed40db31a9638:/po/Makefile

diff --git a/po/Makefile b/po/Makefile
index 910114e67..cc931c5a8 100644
--- a/po/Makefile
+++ b/po/Makefile
@@ -15,11 +15,13 @@ install: all
 	done
 
 ikiwiki.pot: $(POTFILES)
-	@echo "Rebuilding the pot file"
-	xgettext $(POTFILES) -o ikiwiki.pot -Lperl
+	@if perl -e '($$ver)=`xgettext -V | head -n 1`=~/.*\s+([0-9]+\.[0-9]+)/; die "gettext $$ver too old, not updating the pot file\n" if $$ver < 0.16'; then \
+		echo "Rebuilding the pot file"; \
+		xgettext $(POTFILES) -o ikiwiki.pot -Lperl --add-comments=translators; \
+	fi
 
 clean:
-	rm -f ikiwiki.pot $(MOFILES) messages messages.mo
+	rm -f $(MOFILES) messages messages.mo
 
 %.mo: %.po
 	msgfmt -o $@ $<