makemo task autocreates data/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES directories

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index ad4e469c..dd32743d 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ end
 
 # generate mo files
 rule(%r'^data/locale/.+/LC_MESSAGES/.+\.mo$' => proc {|fn|
-  fn.pathmap '%{^data/locale,po;LC_MESSAGES/,}X.po'
+  [ fn.pathmap('%{^data/locale,po;LC_MESSAGES/,}X.po'), 
+    # the directory is created if not existing
+    fn.pathmap('%d') ]
 }) do |t|
   po_file, mo_file = t.source, t.name
   require 'gettext/utils'
@@ -75,6 +77,10 @@ end
 PLUGIN_BASENAMES = PLUGIN_FILES.map {|f| f.pathmap('%n')}
 LOCALES = FileList['po/*/'].map {|d| d.pathmap('%n')}
 
+LOCALES.each do |l|
+  directory "data/locale/#{l}/LC_MESSAGES"
+end
+
 desc 'Update po files'
 task :updatepo => LOCALES.map {|l|
   ["po/#{l}/rbot.po"] +