Something has changed in xgettext that causes incorrect files to be written.
welinder@lenovo ~/temp $ cat foo.c
char *x = N_("Jean Br\xc3\xa9""fort");
welinder@lenovo ~/temp $ cat POTFILES.in
foo.c
welinder@lenovo ~/temp $ /usr/bin/xgettext --version
xgettext (GNU gettext-tools) 0.18.3
Copyright (C) 1995-1998, 2000-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
Written by Ulrich Drepper.
welinder@lenovo ~/temp $ /usr/bin/xgettext --keyword=N_
"--add-comments" "--directory=." "--default-domain=foo"
"--from-code=UTF-8" "--files-from=./POTFILES.in"
welinder@lenovo ~/temp $ grep Jean foo.po
msgid "Jean Bréfort"
### That's "Jean Bre\'efort" in there.
With 0.19.6 we get...
welinder@lenovo ~/temp $ xgettext --version
xgettext (GNU gettext-tools) 0.19.6
Copyright (C) 1995-1998, 2000-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
Written by Ulrich Drepper.
welinder@lenovo ~/temp $ xgettext --keyword=N_ "--add-comments"
"--directory=." "--default-domain=foo" "--from-code=UTF-8"
"--files-from=./POTFILES.in"
welinder@lenovo ~/temp $ grep Jean foo.po
msgid "Jean Brßort"
### Instead of et e' we now have a German double-s. And the f is gone.
