Handle po/Makevars specially.

2 files changed, 26 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/misc/ChangeLog b/misc/ChangeLog
index 56f53f7..75df61e 100644
--- a/misc/ChangeLog
+++ b/misc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-01-15  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+	* gettextize.in: Handle po/Makevars specially, don't overwrite the
+	previous customizations.
+
 2002-01-12  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
 	* gettextize.in: Update year in --version output.
diff --git a/misc/gettextize.in b/misc/gettextize.in
index 418e206..febc7ba 100644
--- a/misc/gettextize.in
+++ b/misc/gettextize.in
@@ -198,9 +198,27 @@ fi
 # Copy files to po/ subdirectory.
 cd po
 for file in *; do
-  rm -f $srcdir/po/$file
-  ($try_ln_s && ln -s $gettext_dir/po/$file $srcdir/po/$file && $echo "Symlinking file po/$file") 2>/dev/null ||
-  { $echo "Copying file po/$file"; cp $file $srcdir/po/$file; }
+  case $file in
+    Makevars)
+      rm -f $srcdir/po/$file.template
+      ($try_ln_s && ln -s $gettext_dir/po/$file $srcdir/po/$file.template && $echo "Symlinking file po/$file.template") 2>/dev/null ||
+      { $echo "Copying file po/$file.template"; cp $file $srcdir/po/$file.template; }
+      if test -f $srcdir/po/$file; then
+        echo "Please update po/$file so that it defines all the variables mentioned"
+        echo "in po/$file.template."
+      else
+        echo "Please create po/$file from the template in po/$file.template."
+      fi
+      echo "You can then remove po/$file.template."
+      ;;
+    *)
+      rm -f $srcdir/po/$file~
+      cp -p $srcdir/po/$file $srcdir/po/$file~
+      rm -f $srcdir/po/$file
+      ($try_ln_s && ln -s $gettext_dir/po/$file $srcdir/po/$file && $echo "Symlinking file po/$file") 2>/dev/null ||
+      { $echo "Copying file po/$file"; cp $file $srcdir/po/$file; }
+      ;;
+  esac
 done
 DATE=`date +%Y-%m-%d`
 cat > $srcdir/po/ChangeLog.tmp <<EOF