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po-debconf_0.9.2_all 
NAME
po2debconf - merge master templates file and PO files
SYNOPSIS
po2debconf [-v] [-h] [--podir=DIR] [-o FILE] [-e STRING] master
DESCRIPTION
This program reads all PO files and a single templates file, and
produces a Debconf templates file containing all translations, similar
to the one produced by debconf-mergetemplate(1) (from the
"debconf-utils" package). PO files are by default searched in the po
subdirectory below the location of the master file.
In order to make sure that PO files shipped in Debian source packages
are up to date, debconf-updatepo is run if any PO file is older than
the master templates file.
To help the language code transition for Norwegian Bokmaal, the no and
nb language codes are handled specially. If no.po exists, it should be
renamed to nb.po. Using nb.po will make both "-no" and "-nb"
translations available in the templates file.
OPTIONS
-h, --help
Display a usage summary and exit.
-v, --verbose
Process in verbose mode.
--podir=DIR
Set directory for PO files. Default is to search PO files in the
po subdirectory below the location of the master file.
-o, --output=FILE
Set output filename (default is standard output).
-e, --encoding=STRING
Convert encoding. Argument can take 3 values: "utf8" (convert to
UTF-8), "po" (do not change encoding) and "popular" (convert
encoding of input files depending on their language; the
"PODEBCONF_ENCODINGS" environment variable must point to a filename
containing the encoding map),
Such a filename looks like:
#
# Sharp is comment sign
#
cs ISO-8859-2
da ISO-8859-1
de ISO-8859-1
el ISO-8859-7
etc.
Default encoding used to be "popular", and has been switched to
"utf8" since po-debconf 0.9.0.
OUTPUT FORMAT
Since debconf 1.2.0, templates format has changed, encoding is part of
field names, i.e. they are "foo-lang.encoding". When older debconf
encounter such fields, they are silently ignored, which means that
original text is displayed.
If present, a po/output file can override defaults for encoding and
output format. It contains a single line, first field is output format
(currently valid values are 1 for fields in the form "foo-lang", and 2
for "foo-lang.encoding") and second field is encoding, e.g.
echo ’2 utf8’ > po/output
let "po2debconf" convert text to UTF-8.
When encoding is set to "po" or "utf8", output format is always set to
2, so that older debconf do not try to display text with wrong
encodings.
SEE ALSO
debconf-gettextize(1), debconf-updatepo(1), debconf2pot(1),
po-debconf(7).
AUTHOR
Denis Barbier <barbier@linuxfr.org>
2005-12-22 PO2DEBCONF(1)