Re: [PATCH v4 0/6] ASCIZ Command for output section

[Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>]

Hi Ulf,

> One question:
>     The lang_add_string contains an error message if the string does not fit into the allocated area.
>     This will never get triggered by the ASCIZ command, since that will allocate the size of the string.
>     If you specify a size to the ASCII command and then provide a longer string it will trigger.

Ah - you know that I mentioned that I had tidied up the code
a little bit ?  Well the other area I tidied was the lang_add_string
function.  I simplified it, removed the redundant size checking code
and string padding code, and changed the stacked if-statements into
a simpler switch-statement...

So currently there are no messages that need translation,


>   There are no translations for the string at the moment. 
>    Will the linker output the English string, or what?

If a translation for a specific string is not available then it will
just be displayed as-is.  So in this case the English version will be
used.


>     What is the procedure to get a translation?

The hard way:

   Create a new ld/po/ld.pot file and send it to the Translation Project
   with a request for new translations:
     https://translationproject.org/html/maintainers.html

The easy way:

   Wait for the next official release of the binutils.  As part of
   the process for creating a release I take care of asking the Translation
   Project to update the translation files.

   Note - this does not mean that new translations will be created
   for all supported languages.  The translation project runs on a
   volunteer basis and it is up the the volunteers to find time to
   create new translations and/or update old translations.


>     I can provide a Swedish translation at the least.

If you would like to volunteer some time to the Translation Project
I am sure that they would love to hear from you.

Cheers
   Nick