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change of msgfmt description to be more accurate

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*** Check the INSTALL file for required versions.</screen></blockquote> *** Check the INSTALL file for required versions.</screen></blockquote>
<para>The missing msgfmt (from the gettext package which we will install <para>The missing msgfmt (from the gettext package which we will install
later in this chapter) is not fatal. The files msgfmt would create are later in this chapter) won't cause any problems. msgfmt is used to generate
already pre-built, so you won't be missing out on anything. You would the binary translation files that are used to make your system talk in a
only need it if you make changes to the Glibc internationalization (i18n) different language. Because these translation files have already been
files. Since we don't do this by default, we can safely ignore it.</para> generated for you, there is no need for msgfmt. You'd only need msgfmt if
you change the translation source files (the <filename>*.po</filename>
files in the <filename class="directory">po</filename> subdirectory) which\
would require you to re-generate the binary files.</para>
</sect2> </sect2>