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+#!/bin/sh
+VENV=/tmp/$USER-authentic2-update-locales
+virtualenv $VENV
+. $VENV/bin/activate
+pip install -e .
+./getlasso.sh
+./authentic2-ctl makemessages
+./authentic2-ctl compilemessages