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32145	Unclear error raised by makemessages when /locale does not exist under app directory	Anders Hovmöller	Josh Santos	"I got this error message: 

> CommandError: Unable to find a locale path to store translations for file conftest.py

I had to google the error message and got to this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24937133/unable-to-find-a-locale-path-to-store-translations-for-file-init-py It would be better if the error message was simple and obvious so you could solve the problem yourself directly instead.

I thought the error message would be better if it said 'We are looking for a directory called ""locale"""" but after that change the command fails silently anyway. Maybe LOCALE_PATHS should also include the directory where manage.py is by default? Or some other error message should exist..."	Cleanup/optimization	closed	Core (Management commands)	dev	Normal	fixed			Ready for checkin	1	0	0	0	0	0