diff -wur -F'^f' drupal-4.7.1/includes/common.inc drupal/includes/common.inc
--- drupal-4.7.1/includes/common.inc	2006-05-15 22:53:26.000000000 +0200
+++ drupal/includes/common.inc	2006-05-27 11:16:52.969432800 +0200
@@ -1321,7 +1321,6 @@ function xmlrpc($url) {
 
 function _drupal_bootstrap_full() {
   static $called;
-  global $locale;
 
   if ($called) {
     return;
@@ -1345,8 +1344,6 @@ function _drupal_bootstrap_full() {
   module_init();
   // Undo magic quotes
   fix_gpc_magic();
-  // Initialize the localization system.
-  $locale = locale_initialize();
 }
 
 /**
diff -wur -F'^f' drupal-4.7.1/includes/module.inc drupal/includes/module.inc
--- drupal-4.7.1/includes/module.inc	2006-02-27 16:04:46.000000000 +0100
+++ drupal/includes/module.inc	2006-05-27 11:16:31.391998300 +0200
@@ -10,10 +10,14 @@
  * Initialize all modules.
  */
 function module_init() {
+  global $locale;
+
   // Load all the modules that have been enabled in the system table.
   foreach (module_list(TRUE, FALSE) as $module) {
     drupal_load('module', $module);
   }
+  // Initialize the localization system.
+  $locale = locale_initialize();
   module_invoke_all('init');
 }