diff -ru newt-0.52.7.orig/nls.h newt-0.52.7/nls.h
--- newt-0.52.7.orig/nls.h	2008-01-17 07:30:20 +0000
+++ newt-0.52.7/nls.h	2008-01-17 07:35:20 +0000
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@
 
 # include <locale.h>
 
-# include <libintl.h>
-# define _(Text) gettext (Text)
+//# include <libintl.h>
+# define _(Text) (Text)
+# define dgettext(Package, String) (String)
+
 # ifdef gettext_noop
 #  define N_(String) gettext_noop (String)
 # else
Only in newt-0.52.7: python2.4
Only in newt-0.52.7: shared
diff -ru newt-0.52.7.orig/whiptail.c newt-0.52.7/whiptail.c
--- newt-0.52.7.orig/whiptail.c	2008-01-17 07:30:20 +0000
+++ newt-0.52.7/whiptail.c	2008-01-17 07:31:50 +0000
@@ -389,11 +389,11 @@
 	    { "version", 'v', 0, &version, 0, NULL, NULL },
 	    { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 } 
     };
-   
+/*
     setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
     bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
     textdomain (PACKAGE);
-
+*/
     optCon = poptGetContext("whiptail", argc, argv, optionsTable, 0);
 
     while ((arg = poptGetNextOpt(optCon)) > 0) {