I may have solved it. :) Added policykit-1 to Build-Depends and built systemd 237-2 in a PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj/+archive/ubuntu/systemd No warnings in the buildlog due the explicit xgettext() command. This might be the explanation: $ dpkg -L policykit-1 | grep its/ /usr/share/gettext/its/polkit.its /usr/share/gettext/its/polkit.loc -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1707898 Title: systemd translations are not synced with upstream To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/systemd/+bug/1707898/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs