diff --git a/update-comps b/update-comps
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0aa6f9d03dfbcb6c851c26f9ae4942b14ee5f24e
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+#!/bin/bash
+$COMPS_FILE=$1
+LANG=C intltool-merge -x -u po/ $COMPS_FILE.xml.in $COMPS_FILE.xml