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msginit: Add comment about test failure on native Windows.
authorBruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
Sun, 25 Nov 2018 01:10:40 +0000 (02:10 +0100)
committerBruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
Sun, 25 Nov 2018 01:10:40 +0000 (02:10 +0100)
* gettext-tools/tests/msginit-3: Add comment.

gettext-tools/tests/msginit-3

index 4f6fcd49fcc0e69d06edb669ba1f3a61be3a343d..1758ad5166acad5ad3ada8516e2b1253572123a1 100755 (executable)
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 . "${srcdir=.}/init.sh"; path_prepend_ . ../src
 
 # Test various msginit options.
+
+# This test fails on mingw, because it relies on the 'project-id' script,
+# which is a shell script (for maintainability) and there is no simple way
+# to execute shell scripts in a native Windows environment.
+# People who need this functionality should use a Cygwin environment, not
+# a native Windows environment.
+
 cat <<\EOF > mi-test3.pot
 # SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE.
 # Copyright (C) YEAR THE PACKAGE'S COPYRIGHT HOLDER