---
name: "debconf2po-update"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "po-debconf"
version: "0.8.23"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/debconf2po-update"
---

# debconf2po-update(1)

update PO files about debconf templates

## NAME

debconf-updatepo - update PO files about debconf templates

## SYNOPSIS

**debconf-updatepo** \[**-v**\] \[**-h**\] \[**--podir=*****DIR***\] \[**--skip-pot**\] \[**--skip-merge**\]

## DESCRIPTION

This program reads *po/POTFILES.in* to find which master files are looked at, then extract new gettext strings into *po/templates.pot* and update all *po/\*.po* files.  This script can be called either in the top-level directory, or in *debian* or *debian/po* subdirectories.  It is run by developer and/or translator to update PO files when English text is modified in *templates* files.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  Display a usage summary and exit.

- **-v**, **--verbose**

  Process in verbose mode.

- **--podir=*****DIR***

  Set directory for PO files.  By default PO files are searched in *debian/po*, *po* and *../po* directories in that order.

- **--skip-pot**

  Do not generate a new *po/templates.pot* file.

- **--skip-merge**

  Do not merge existing PO files with *po/templates.pot*.

## SEE ALSO

[*debconf-gettextize*(1)](/debconf-gettextize/1.md), [*debconf2pot*(1)](/debconf2pot/1.md), [*po2debconf*(1)](/po2debconf/1.md), [*po-debconf*(7)](/po-debconf/7.md).

## AUTHOR

```
  Denis Barbier <barbier@linuxfr.org>
```