Makefile: do update on a temporary copy of a po file
This avoids having a half completed file (with a new timestamp) when msgmerge
has failed.
--- a/.hgignore Thu Nov 07 15:24:23 2013 -0600
+++ b/.hgignore Tue Nov 05 09:43:36 2013 +0100
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
syntax: glob
*.elc
+*.tmp
*.orig
*.rej
*~
--- a/Makefile Thu Nov 07 15:24:23 2013 -0600
+++ b/Makefile Tue Nov 05 09:43:36 2013 +0100
@@ -123,7 +123,10 @@
$(PYTHON) i18n/posplit i18n/hg.pot
%.po: i18n/hg.pot
- msgmerge --no-location --update $@ $^
+ # work on a temporary copy for never having a half completed target
+ cp $@ $@.tmp
+ msgmerge --no-location --update $@.tmp $^
+ mv -f $@~ $@
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