[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 79605] New: webkit-gtk does not respect LINGUAS

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79605

           Summary: webkit-gtk does not respect LINGUAS
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: Unspecified
        OS/Version: Unspecified
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: WebKit Gtk
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: tetromino at gentoo.org
                CC: gnome at gentoo.org


Created an attachment (id=128916)
 --> (https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=128916&action=review)
patch to respect LINGUAS

It is generally expected that modern linux packages honor the LINGUAS environment variable to limit the set of translations that get built. For example, if LINGUAS="en ru de", then at most only the Englush, Russian, and German translations of messages etc. would be built; an empty or undefined LINGUAS is typically interpreted as "all available translations".

Packages that use a copy of intltool's Makefile.in.in get this capability for free (see http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~intltool/intltool/trunk/view/head:/Makefile.in.in). Since webkit-gtk uses a rather non-standard build system, a patch is needed.

Note that in the attached patch, PO_LINGUAS, USER_LINGUAS, and USE_LINGUAS are added to the root GNUmakefile.am to ensure that they are defined before MOFILES in the root GNUmakefile due to the way that automake interprets "+=".

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