--- po/Makefile.orig	2020-10-03 15:43:15 UTC
+++ po/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 prefix = /usr
+ifdef PREFIX
+prefix := $(PREFIX)
+endif
 
 ifdef DESTDIR
 BASEDIR := $(DESTDIR)
@@ -8,12 +11,14 @@ INSTALL= install
 
 INSTALLNLSDIR=$(BASEDIR)$(prefix)/share/locale
 
-PACKAGE = whois
+PACKAGE = %%MWHOIS%%
 
 CATALOGS = cs.mo da.mo de.mo el.mo es.mo eu.mo fi.mo fr.mo it.mo ja.mo pl.mo pt_BR.mo ru.mo zh_CN.mo
 
 POTFILES=../whois.c ../mkpasswd.c
 
+.SUFFIXES:     .po .mo
+
 all: $(PACKAGE).pot $(CATALOGS)
 
 $(PACKAGE).pot: $(POTFILES)
@@ -45,7 +50,7 @@ clean:
 	rm -f *.mo
 
 distclean: clean
-	rm -f whois.pot
+	rm -f %%MWHOIS%%.pot
 
 install: $(CATALOGS)
 	for n in $(CATALOGS); do \