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+2003-09-22  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
+
+	* Makevars (XGETTEXT_OPTIONS): Add --from-code=UTF-8 to accommodate the
+	non-ASCII comment to translators in ptx.c regarding the author's name.
+
 2003-08-27  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
 
 	* Makefile.in.in: Update from gettext-0.12.2.