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Index: Makefile
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RCS file: /cvsroot/pkgsrc/fonts/fontforge/Makefile,v
retrieving revision 1.30
diff -u -r1.30 Makefile
--- Makefile	25 Nov 2006 13:23:01 -0000	1.30
+++ Makefile	6 Dec 2006 15:25:33 -0000
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 USE_TOOLS+=		gmake msgfmt
 GNU_CONFIGURE=		yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--without-freetype-src
+CONFIGURE_ENV+=		PKGLOCALEDIR=${PKGLOCALEDIR}
 WRKSRC=			${WRKDIR}/${PKGNAME_NOREV}
 
 .include "../../converters/libiconv/buildlink3.mk"
Index: distinfo
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RCS file: /cvsroot/pkgsrc/fonts/fontforge/distinfo,v
retrieving revision 1.28
diff -u -r1.28 distinfo
--- distinfo	25 Nov 2006 13:23:01 -0000	1.28
+++ distinfo	6 Dec 2006 15:25:33 -0000
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 SHA1 (patch-ab) = ec93a47051186bcb901fd145edffad7c457c33fd
 SHA1 (patch-ac) = 7fe3d9174e407e04966081155965ff994a0fd69b
 SHA1 (patch-ad) = 6a76e7e5e4882eb5af6f31ff3dbc6e7c17b69784
+SHA1 (patch-ae) = 0cfc2389ea5c7ceaacf182c0860b0dd7b1bfb41c
Index: patches/patch-ae
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RCS file: patches/patch-ae
diff -N patches/patch-ae
--- /dev/null	1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
+++ patches/patch-ae	6 Dec 2006 15:25:33 -0000
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+$NetBSD$
+
+--- configure.orig	2006-10-13 03:19:31.000000000 +0900
++++ configure
+@@ -24030,7 +24030,7 @@ if test "$gww_has_gettext" = "yes" >/dev
+ 
+  cat </dev/null >po/Makefile.in
+  echo 'prefix = @prefix@' >> po/Makefile.in
+- echo 'localedir = $(prefix)/share/locale' >> po/Makefile.in
++ echo 'localedir = $(prefix)/'"${PKGLOCALEDIR}"'/locale' >> po/Makefile.in
+  echo 'INSTALL = @INSTALL@' >> po/Makefile.in
+  echo 'INSTALL_DATA = @INSTALL_DATA@' >> po/Makefile.in
+  echo '' >> po/Makefile.in