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Seems PHP doesn't have gettext support.

What version of PHP are you using? Please give exact package version given by pacman -Qi php

I'm using a custom compiled php, version 5.0.5, using the following compile flags:
./configure --with-layout=GNU --with-ttf --with-config-file-scan-dir=/etc \
--enable-gd-native-ttf --enable-shared --with-imap --with-imap-ssl \
--with-readline --with-sqlite=shared --with-gd --without-db2 --without-db3 \
--with-inifile --with-flatfile --with-mysql-sock=/tmp/mysql.sock \
--with-openssl --with-pear=/usr/share/pear --with-png-dir=/usr \
--with-regex=php --with-zlib --with-apxs2=/usr/local/sbin/apxs \
--with-jpeg-dir=/usr --with-mysql=/usr/include/mysql \
--with-mysqli=/usr/bin/mysql_config \
--with-prefix=/usr/local

I'm sure it's a problem with squirrelmail, I used the same configure for php 5.0.4, it worked back then. It's since i've -Syu'ed my system, which updated squirrelmail too I'm having this problem. To make sure it wasn't php, I checked the file that gave the error:

function _($str) {
global $l10n, $gettext_domain;
if ($l10n[$gettext_domain]->error==1) return $str;
return $l10n[$gettext_domain]->translate($str);
}

it errors on the function translate, and that function is not part of PHP, so it it must be squirrelmail that's broken. I downgraded to the previous package version, and the problem went away. Why are CVS versions of squirrelmail being used in the current repo btw!?

I agree somewhat on the use of devel snapshots. I inherited the package that way, so I kept using them. It's necessary to keep upgrading, to keep from having security holes.. but it's very possible to do that on the stable tree.

I wonder if others agree with this sentiment. I will try and find out.

In the meanwhile, I'll try to upgrade it soon to a newer snapshot, and hopefully that will help you.

Did the new snapshot fix the problem, Glenn? Or is it still there?

Yeah it's working now, however, on each page something like this is displayed:

SquirrelMail notice messages
Category: SQM_NOTICE
Message: This layout sucks. Adapt squirrelmail.css!!!

Something big is changing in the CVS I guess, and it has to do with the themes.

If I were the developer, I wouldn't do that as a bug message, but as a hint to the user/admin to check my configs for using a *.css file. The file is shipped in the package.

Hey Glenn, can you try the new 1.4.5 package in testing? I'm thinking of moving us back onto the stable branch, but would like to know how that is going to affect people.

It looks like there's no straightforward way to go back to 1.4.5 with the latest versions of PHP.

I'm going to work on getting the latest snapshot in place tonight.

This is done, and I've confirmed Squirrelmail works for me with the latest packages. Open another bug with other specific issues, if you have them, and we'll see what we can do.