--- gnumeric-1.8.4.orig/po/Makefile.in.in
+++ gnumeric-1.8.4/po/Makefile.in.in
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@
 EXTRA_DISTFILES = POTFILES.skip Makevars LINGUAS
 
 POTFILES = \
+	this will be defined through a sed script fragment in config.status \
+	and this text prevents that fragment from deleting the definition of \
+	CATALOGS immediately below
 
 CATALOGS = @CATALOGS@
 CATOBJEXT = @CATOBJEXT@