* Richard W.M. Jones:
 I think you mean "shouldn't they be built in
$(srcdir)?".  Yes, that
 could be correct, unless we rely on people having 'msgfmt' installed. 
Yes, I meant $(srcdir).
> > The *.po files are generated during the build, but are
really source
> > files because (a) they go in the tarball and (b) they are modified by
> > translators and the changes that the translators make are '.PRECIOUS'.
> 
> Do you mean that the commands to rebuild the .po files always operate in
> $(srcdir)?
 Hopefully :-) 
So, is the patch I attached to the previous message okay?
Cheers,
-Hilko