--- po/Makefile.in.in	2010-01-02 01:26:33.000000000 +0100
+++ po/Makefile.in.in.new	2010-01-02 01:28:52.000000000 +0100
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@
 # otherwise packages like GCC can not be built if only parts of the source
 # have been downloaded.
 
+# XXX: hack: since we want to parse generated files with xgettext,
+# do not complain if these files are not found in the source tree,
+# because they will be found in the build tree
+$(POTFILES):
+
 # This target rebuilds $(DOMAIN).pot; it is an expensive operation.
 # Note that $(DOMAIN).pot is not touched if it doesn't need to be changed.
 $(DOMAIN).pot-update: $(POTFILES) $(srcdir)/POTFILES.in remove-potcdate.sed
@@ -135,7 +140,8 @@
 	else \
 	  msgid_bugs_address='$(PACKAGE_BUGREPORT)'; \
 	fi; \
-	$(XGETTEXT) --default-domain=$(DOMAIN) --directory=$(top_srcdir) \
+	$(XGETTEXT) --default-domain=$(DOMAIN) --directory=$(top_builddir) \
+	  --directory=$(top_srcdir) \
 	  --add-comments=TRANSLATORS: $(XGETTEXT_OPTIONS) \
 	  --files-from=$(srcdir)/POTFILES.in \
 	  --copyright-holder='$(COPYRIGHT_HOLDER)' \