2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d80ef050f..c921ddc61 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2007-12-02  Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
 
+	Copy a .po file into place also when the target doesn't exist.
+	* bootstrap (gnulib_tool): ... not just when the checksum differs.
+	So now, if I manually remove po/xx.po, rerunning bootstrap will
+	copy the latest into place.
+
 	Make my-distcheck depend on "check".
 	* Makefile.maint (my-distcheck): Also depend on "check", so I can't tag
 	and release something that fails "make check" (however harmless) when
diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index a7f80bee8..7dacfe6be 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ update_po_files() {
     new_po="$ref_po_dir/$po.po"
     cksum_file="$ref_po_dir/$po.s1"
     if ! test -f "$cksum_file" ||
+	! test -f "$po_dir/$po.po" ||
 	! sha1sum -c --status "$cksum_file" < "$new_po" > /dev/null; then
       echo "updated $po_dir/$po.po..."
       cp "$new_po" "$po_dir/$po.po" && sha1sum < "$new_po" > "$cksum_file"