--- Python27\lib\gettext.py     2009-12-06 19:04:04.000000000 +0000
+++ release27-maint\lib\gettext.py      2010-07-15 22:17:35.459530000 +0100
@@ -294,11 +294,12 @@
             # See if we're looking at GNU .mo conventions for metadata
             if mlen == 0:
                 # Catalog description
-                lastk = k = None
+                lastk = None
                 for item in tmsg.splitlines():
                     item = item.strip()
                     if not item:
                         continue
+                    k = None
                     if ':' in item:
                         k, v = item.split(':', 1)
                         k = k.strip().lower()

--- Python27\lib\test\test_gettext.py   2009-12-06 19:03:58.000000000 +0000
+++ release27-maint\lib\test\test_gettext.py    2010-07-15 20:56:34.247230000 +0100
@@ -54,10 +54,27 @@
 bGUKR2VuZXJhdGVkLUJ5OiBweWdldHRleHQucHkgMS4zCgA=
 '''

+# Bug 1448060
+'''
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n != 1);\n"
+"#-#-#-#-# plo.po (PACKAGE VERSION) #-#-#-#-#\n"
+'''
+
+DATA_1448060 = '''\
+3hIElQAAAAABAAAAHAAAACQAAAADAAAALAAAAAAAAAA4AAAAgAAAADkAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
+Q29udGVudC1UeXBlOiB0ZXh0L3BsYWluOyBjaGFyc2V0PVVURi04ClBsdXJhbC1Gb3JtczogbnBs
+dXJhbHM9MjsgcGx1cmFsPShuICE9IDEpOwojLSMtIy0jLSMgcGxvLnBvIChQQUNLQUdFIFZFUlNJ
+T04pICMtIy0jLSMtIwoA
+'''
+
 LOCALEDIR = os.path.join('xx', 'LC_MESSAGES')
 MOFILE = os.path.join(LOCALEDIR, 'gettext.mo')
 UMOFILE = os.path.join(LOCALEDIR, 'ugettext.mo')
 MMOFILE = os.path.join(LOCALEDIR, 'metadata.mo')
+FILE_1448060 = os.path.join(LOCALEDIR, 'data1448080.mo')


 class GettextBaseTest(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -74,6 +91,9 @@
         fp.write(base64.decodestring(MMO_DATA))
         fp.close()
         self.env = test_support.EnvironmentVarGuard()
+        fp = open(FILE_1448060, 'wb')
+        fp.write(base64.decodestring(DATA_1448060))
+        fp.close()
         self.env['LANGUAGE'] = 'xx'

     def tearDown(self):
@@ -333,6 +353,22 @@
         self.assertEqual(info['last-translator'],
            'John Doe <jdoe@example.com>\nJane Foobar <jfoobar@example.com>')

+class Bug1448060(GettextBaseTest):
+    def setUp(self):
+        GettextBaseTest.setUp(self)
+        fp = open(FILE_1448060, 'rb')
+        try:
+            try:
+                self.t = gettext.GNUTranslations(fp)
+            except:
+                self.tearDown()
+                raise
+        finally:
+            fp.close()
+
+    def test_weird_metadata(self):
+        fp = open(FILE_1448060, 'rb')
+        self.t = gettext.GNUTranslations(fp)

 def test_main():
     test_support.run_unittest(__name__)