diff --git a/devel/gettext-devel/files/patch-ak b/devel/gettext-devel/files/patch-ak
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3cc93a5361fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/gettext-devel/files/patch-ak
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- misc/po-mode.el.orig	Sun Jan 23 22:35:10 2000
++++ misc/po-mode.el	Sun Jan 23 22:35:39 2000
+@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@
+   :type 'face
+   :group 'po)
+ 
+-(defcustom po-gzip-uuencode-command "gzip -9 | uuencode -m"
++(defcustom po-gzip-uuencode-command "gzip -9 | uuencode"
+   "*The filter to use for preparing a mail invoice of the PO file.
+ Normally \"gzip -9 | uuencode -m\", remove the -9 for lesser compression,
+ or remove the -m if you are not using the GNU version of `uuencode'."
diff --git a/devel/gettext-old/files/patch-ak b/devel/gettext-old/files/patch-ak
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3cc93a5361fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/gettext-old/files/patch-ak
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- misc/po-mode.el.orig	Sun Jan 23 22:35:10 2000
++++ misc/po-mode.el	Sun Jan 23 22:35:39 2000
+@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@
+   :type 'face
+   :group 'po)
+ 
+-(defcustom po-gzip-uuencode-command "gzip -9 | uuencode -m"
++(defcustom po-gzip-uuencode-command "gzip -9 | uuencode"
+   "*The filter to use for preparing a mail invoice of the PO file.
+ Normally \"gzip -9 | uuencode -m\", remove the -9 for lesser compression,
+ or remove the -m if you are not using the GNU version of `uuencode'."
diff --git a/devel/gettext/files/patch-ak b/devel/gettext/files/patch-ak
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3cc93a5361fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/gettext/files/patch-ak
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- misc/po-mode.el.orig	Sun Jan 23 22:35:10 2000
++++ misc/po-mode.el	Sun Jan 23 22:35:39 2000
+@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@
+   :type 'face
+   :group 'po)
+ 
+-(defcustom po-gzip-uuencode-command "gzip -9 | uuencode -m"
++(defcustom po-gzip-uuencode-command "gzip -9 | uuencode"
+   "*The filter to use for preparing a mail invoice of the PO file.
+ Normally \"gzip -9 | uuencode -m\", remove the -9 for lesser compression,
+ or remove the -m if you are not using the GNU version of `uuencode'."