# DP: Description: support alternative gettext tree in
# DP: /usr/share/locale-langpack; if a file is present in both trees,
# DP: prefer the newer one
# DP: Upstream status: Ubuntu-Specific

--- a/Lib/gettext.py
+++ b/Lib/gettext.py
@@ -394,11 +394,26 @@
         if lang == 'C':
             break
         mofile = os.path.join(localedir, lang, 'LC_MESSAGES', '%s.mo' % domain)
+        mofile_lp = os.path.join("/usr/share/locale-langpack", lang,
+                               'LC_MESSAGES', '%s.mo' % domain)
+
+	# first look into the standard locale dir, then into the 
+	# langpack locale dir
+
+	# standard mo file
         if os.path.exists(mofile):
             if all:
                 result.append(mofile)
             else:
                 return mofile
+        
+	# langpack mofile -> use it
+        if os.path.exists(mofile_lp): 
+            if all:
+                result.append(mofile_lp)
+            else:
+                return mofile_lp
+
     return result