diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 23ceed1c..980512b4 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -525,6 +525,7 @@ src/slave_dns -text
 src/spoolsize.php -text
 src/sqlbackup.sh -text
 src/update_domains.sh -text
+/svnup.sh -text
 tests/make_mail_dataset.sh -text
 tests/mechdump.pm -text
 tests/test_demo.pl -text
diff --git a/svnup.sh b/svnup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..8996541f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/svnup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+pushd ../..
+
+for i in alternc alternc-bounces alternc-jabber alternc-munin alternc-procmail alternc-stats alternc-apps alternc-changepass alternc-mailman alternc-philesight alternc-secondarymx alternc-sympa alternc-awstats alternc-doc alternc-mergelog alternc-phpcron alternc-slavedns alternc-webalizer
+do
+    if [ -d "$i" ]; then
+	pushd $i
+	svn up 
+	popd
+    fi
+done
+
+popd
diff --git a/tx-to-repos.sh b/tx-to-repos.sh
index 3f28ebb6..b6516fc1 100755
--- a/tx-to-repos.sh
+++ b/tx-to-repos.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ do
     cp "lang/${lang}.po" "bureau/locales/$lang/LC_MESSAGES/alternc"
     sublang="`echo $lang | cut -c 1-2`"
     # merge the po for debconf into the relevant file for the modules : 
-    if [ "$lang" != "en" ]
+    if [ "$lang" != "en_US" ]
     then
 	msgcat --use-first --less-than=3 --more-than=1 -o tmp.po  "lang/${lang}.po" "debian/po/${sublang}.po"
 	mv -f tmp.po "debian/po/${sublang}.po"