gnome-terminal-2.26.3.1 - build failure on 10.6

[pope (K. Adam Christensen)]

When trying to build gnome-terminal on 10.6, I'm getting the following error:

~ >sudo port install -d gnome-terminal
--->  Computing dependencies for gnome-terminal
--->  Building gnome-terminal
Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_releas
e_ports_gnome_gnome-terminal/work/gnome-terminal-2.26.3.1" && /usr/bin/make -j2 all " returned error 2
Command output: Making all in ja
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
Making all in zh_CN
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
Making all in zh_TW
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
if ! test -d it/; then mkdir it/; fi
if [ -f "C/gnome-terminal.xml" ]; then d="../"; else d="/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports
_gnome_gnome-terminal/work/gnome-terminal-2.26.3.1/help/"; fi; \
        (cd it/ && \
          `which xml2po` -e -p \
            "${d}it/it.po" \
            "${d}C/gnome-terminal.xml" > gnome-terminal.xml.tmp && \
            cp gnome-terminal.xml.tmp gnome-terminal.xml && rm -f gnome-terminal.xml.tmp)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/local/bin/xml2po", line 185, in <module>
    main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/opt/local/bin/xml2po", line 171, in main
    xml2po_main.merge(mofile, filenames[0])
  File "/opt/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/xml2po/__init__.py", line 601, in merge
    self.gt = gettext.GNUTranslations(mfile)
  File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/gettext.py", line 180, in __init__
    self._parse(fp)
  File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/gettext.py", line 314, in _parse
    plural = v[1].split('plural=')[1]
IndexError: list index out of range
make[2]: *** [el/gnome-terminal.xml] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2

I have also seen this error reported in ​http://trac.macports.org/ticket/23983, but that reporting was to another project.