Do not try to regenerate po files; use the reference files that are packaged
in the tarball.

--- a/Makefile.in	2010-06-30 17:02:28.000000000 -0500
+++ b/Makefile.in	2014-08-16 00:22:38.447050269 -0500
@@ -1022,15 +1022,7 @@
 
 i18n/en.thl i18n/: $(po_document_dir)/po_document/$(PACKAGE)_document.pot
 	$(MKDIR_P) i18n
-	if test '$(USE_NLS)' = 'yes'; then \
-	  for file in "$(srcdir)/$(po_document_dir)/po_document/"*".po"; do lang=`basename "$$file" .po | sed 's/\..*//'`; \
-		test "$$lang" = 'en' && continue; \
-		msgexec -i "$$file" "$(srcdir)/gettext_to_separated.pl" | "$(srcdir)/separated_to_hash.pl" $$lang > i18n/$$lang.thl; \
-	  done; \
-	  msgexec -i $< "$(srcdir)/gettext_to_separated.pl" | "$(srcdir)/separated_to_hash.pl" en > i18n/en.thl; \
-	else \
-	  cp -p i18n_ref/*.thl i18n; \
-	fi
+	cp -p i18n_ref/*.thl i18n
 
 i18n_ref:
 	$(MKDIR_P) i18n_ref

Have install-sh install .mo files locally for in-source tests, so that msgfmt
is not needed.

--- a/Makefile.in	2010-06-30 17:02:28.000000000 -0500
+++ b/Makefile.in	2014-08-16 00:22:38.447050269 -0500
@@ -1052,19 +1044,8 @@
 # update the po files, and install locally the .mo files for the in
 # source tests
 check-local: makeinfo.pl texi2any.pl
-	if test '$(USE_NLS)' = 'yes'; then \
-	  cd $(po_document_dir)/po_document && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) update-po; \
-	fi
-	rm -rf locales
-	for file in "$(srcdir)/$(po_document_dir)/po_document/"*.po; do \
-	  basename=`basename "$$file" .po` ; \
-	  $(MKDIR_P) "locales/$$basename/LC_MESSAGES/" ; \
-	  if test '$(USE_NLS)' = 'yes'; then \
-	    $(MSGFMT) "$$file" -o "locales/$$basename/LC_MESSAGES/texi2html_document.mo" ; \
-	  else \
-	    cp -p "$(srcdir)/$(po_document_dir)/po_document/$$basename.mo" "locales/$$basename/LC_MESSAGES/texi2html_document.mo" ; \
-	  fi; \
-	done
+	$(MAKE) -C po_document localedir="$(abs_srcdir)/locales" install-data
+	$(MAKE) -C po_messages localedir="$(abs_srcdir)/locales" install-data
 
 makeinfo.pl texi2any.pl:
 	-$(LN_S) $(srcdir)/texi2html.pl $@
th'>path: <a href='/guix/log/?id=d7966ff25f3323477272babf5401dc0c27b83c5b'>root</a>/<a href='/guix/log/tests?id=d7966ff25f3323477272babf5401dc0c27b83c5b'>tests</a>/<a href='/guix/log/tests/accounts.scm?id=d7966ff25f3323477272babf5401dc0c27b83c5b'>accounts.scm</a></div><div class='content'><table class='list nowrap'><tr class='nohover'><th class='left'>Age</th><th class='left'>Commit message (<a href='/guix/log/tests/accounts.scm?id=d7966ff25f3323477272babf5401dc0c27b83c5b&amp;showmsg=1'>Expand</a>)</th><th class='left'>Author</th></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2019-08-28 00:27:14 +0200'>2019-08-28</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/tests/accounts.scm?id=dd4e46edda6c255ca170a6650c6f92b16ff50a3f'>accounts: Delete duplicate entries.</a><span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>When adding multiple instances of a service requiring some user
account/group, we could end up with multiple entries for that account or
group in /etc/passwd or /etc/group.

* gnu/build/accounts.scm (database-writer)[write-entries]: Add call to
'delete-duplicates'.
* tests/accounts.scm ("write-passwd with duplicate entry"): New test.
</span></span></td><td>Ludovic Courtès</td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2019-04-27 16:30:40 +0200'>2019-04-27</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/tests/accounts.scm?id=0c329bf4b0c00abdc9a7d9c818d36d4d60b3005d'>tests: Adjust accounts test to shell-as-config change.</a><span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>This is a followup to 504a0fc636ec591e65b4a229a37e522e425d8a0c.

* tests/accounts.scm ("allocate-passwd with previous state"): Change
expected 'shell' for "alice" to "/bin/sh".
</span></span></td><td>Ludovic Courtès</td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2019-03-25 23:37:06 +0100'>2019-03-25</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/tests/accounts.scm?id=cf848cc0a17a3a58d600116896f6e7abfb0440d4'>accounts: Add default value for the 'home-directory' field of &lt;user-account&gt;.</a><span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>* gnu/system/accounts.scm (&lt;user-account&gt;)[home-directory]: Mark as
thunked and add a default value.
(default-home-directory): New procedure.
* doc/guix.texi (User Accounts): Remove 'home-directory' from example.
* gnu/system/examples/bare-bones.tmpl: Likewise.
* gnu/system/examples/beaglebone-black.tmpl: Likewise.
* gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl: Likewise.
* gnu/system/examples/docker-image.tmpl: Likewise.
* gnu/system/examples/lightweight-desktop.tmpl: Likewise.
* gnu/system/install.scm (installation-os): Likewise.
* gnu/tests.scm (%simple-os): Likewise.
* gnu/tests/install.scm (%minimal-os, %minimal-os-on-vda):
(%separate-home-os, %encrypted-root-os, %btrfs-root-os): Likewise.
* tests/accounts.scm ("allocate-passwd")
("allocate-passwd with previous state"): Likewise.
</span></span></td><td>Ludovic Courtès</td></tr>