- # Add here commands to install the package into debian/modest
- $(MAKE) install DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/modest
+# install the package into debian/tmp/
+ $(MAKE) install DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/tmp
+
+# ACHTUNG: hack
+# we remove the modest.mo english localization, if the current control file contains a reference
+# to modest-l10n-mr0; thus, the modest package will not conflict with that one.
+# if modest-l10n-mr0 is not there, we'll install our own (en_GB) .mo file.
+ if grep -q modest-l10n-mr0 $(CURDIR)/debian/control ; then rm $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/modest.mo ; else echo "modest.mo not removed."; fi