# GetText.update\_pofiles: seeking help with error message

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gettext-update-pofiles-seeking-help-with-error-message/59199>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 1, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gettext-update-pofiles-seeking-help-with-error-message/59199 "2006-05-01T14:13:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![rapha](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/8dc957/32.png) [@rapha](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rapha)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gettext-update-pofiles-seeking-help-with-error-message/59199/1 "2006-05-01T14:13:57Z")

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Hi all!

Following the guide at [Peak Obsession](http://manuals.rubyonrails.com/read/chapter/105),  
I’m trying to i18n a Rails application. However, when executing ‘rake  
updatepo’, I get the following error message:

```
"numeric literal without digits"

```

Searching Google and the mailing list archives yields only two hints.  
(1) install ruby 1.8.4 and (2) make sure there’s an empty line at the  
end of each file. Although I can’t seem to find the sense in the second  
one, I’ve made sure my environment complies with both.

The error message still doesn’t go away… I’d be darn grateful for any  
pointers that you might have 🙂

Best regards from Germany,  
Raphael