Index: locale.inc
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/locale.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.174.2.4
diff -u -r1.174.2.4 locale.inc
--- locale.inc	17 Sep 2008 08:47:04 -0000	1.174.2.4
+++ locale.inc	24 Oct 2008 10:24:02 -0000
@@ -1662,6 +1662,7 @@
     foreach ($strings as $key => $string) {
       // Remove the quotes and string concatenations from the string.
       $string = implode('', preg_split('~(?<!\\\\)[\'"]\s*\+\s*[\'"]~s', substr($string, 1, -1)));
+      $string = str_replace('\n', chr(0x0a), $string);
 
       $result = db_query("SELECT lid, location FROM {locales_source} WHERE source = '%s' AND textgroup = 'default'", $string);
       if ($source = db_fetch_object($result)) {