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How can I find POEdit errors


I'm getting duplicate message definition errors in POEdit and I cannot update from that catalog.

POEdit doesn't show details and the line numbers in the errors don't match.

How can I find what is wrong?

Sat Mar 11 16:51:31 2017: /var/folders/qt/cg8qlhc159v9s15kmhy1h4440000gn/T/poeditgGtdFw/1input.po:2791: duplicate message definition...
Sat Mar 11 16:51:31 2017: /var/folders/qt/cg8qlhc159v9s15kmhy1h4440000gn/T/poeditgGtdFw/1input.po:65: ...this is the location of the first definition
Sat Mar 11 16:51:31 2017: /var/folders/qt/cg8qlhc159v9s15kmhy1h4440000gn/T/poeditgGtdFw/1input.po:2827: duplicate message definition...
Sat Mar 11 16:51:31 2017: /var/folders/qt/cg8qlhc159v9s15kmhy1h4440000gn/T/poeditgGtdFw/1input.po:1530: ...this is the location of the first definition
Sat Mar 11 16:51:31 2017: /Users/burakkilic/Applications/Poedit.app/Contents/PlugIns/GettextTools.bundle/Contents/MacOS/bin/msgmerge: found 2 fatal errors
Sat Mar 11 16:51:31 2017: Entries in the catalogue are probably incorrect.
Sat Mar 11 16:51:31 2017: Updating the catalogue failed. Click on 'Details >>' for details.

Solution

  • How can I find what is wrong?

    msgfmt -v -c /path/to/1input.po