Regarding the .po files
This seems to work. With this, manual `make -C po update-po` is needed.
```diff diff --git a/po/Makevars b/po/Makevars index 0877b1091..6525eb355 100644 --- a/po/Makevars +++ b/po/Makevars @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ MSGINIT_OPTIONS = # has changed. Possible values are "yes" and "no". Set this to no if # the POT file is checked in the repository and the version control # program ignores timestamps. -PO_DEPENDS_ON_POT = yes +PO_DEPENDS_ON_POT = no
# This tells whether or not to forcibly update $(DOMAIN).pot and # regenerate PO files on "make dist". Possible values are "yes" and ```
Regarding `INSTALL`, I think it might have to do with the Automake version installed on the system. On my system INSTALL is not updated.
I'm trying to remember if the `--force` option was required for something but I can't. I guess we can drop it and see.