As discussed at <http://bugs.gnu.org/24442>, the first patch adds 'gettext-minimal' and uses it instead of 'gnu-gettext' in inputs of other packages. The second patch is for adding *.el files as reported in the bug.
These patches were made for 'core-updates' branch. [PATCH 1/2] gnu: Add and use gettext-minimal. [PATCH 2/2] gnu: gettext: Install Emacs tools.
