Some further data: * using gettext 0.17-6ubuntu2
"msginit -l ca" ( for Catalan) produces a new ca.po file that *does not* contain plural forms in the meta data.
However, Catalan does appear to use an require plural forms in meta: "Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=n != 1;\n"
So, it may be that gettext lacks information necessary for some/many languages.
Some further data:
* using gettext 0.17-6ubuntu2
"msginit -l ca" ( for Catalan) produces a new ca.po file that *does not* contain plural forms in the meta data.
However, Catalan does appear to use an require plural forms in meta:
"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=n != 1;\n"
So, it may be that gettext lacks information necessary for some/many languages.