i18n: make GETTEXT_POISON a runtime option

[git/git.git] / po / README

diff --git a/po/README b/po/README
index fef4c0f..aa704ff 100644 (file)
--- a/po/README
+++ b/po/README
@@ -289,16 +289,11 @@ something in the test suite might still depend on the US English
 version of the strings, e.g. to grep some error message or other
 output.
 
 version of the strings, e.g. to grep some error message or other
 output.
 

-To smoke out issues like these Git can be compiled with gettext poison
-support, at the top-level:
+To smoke out issues like these, Git tested with a translation mode that
+emits gibberish on every call to gettext. To use it run the test suite
+with it, e.g.:

 
 

-    make GETTEXT_POISON=YesPlease
-
-That'll give you a git which emits gibberish on every call to
-gettext. It's obviously not meant to be installed, but you should run
-the test suite with it:
-
-    cd t && prove -j 9 ./t[0-9]*.sh
+    cd t && GIT_TEST_GETTEXT_POISON=YesPlease prove -j 9 ./t[0-9]*.sh

 
 If tests break with it you should inspect them manually and see if
 what you're translating is sane, i.e. that you're not translating
 
 If tests break with it you should inspect them manually and see if
 what you're translating is sane, i.e. that you're not translating