i had to do this to get 0.84 compiled
cd po
ln -sf en_GB.gmo en.gmo
otherwise, i'd get this ...
Making all in samples
make[2]: Entering directory `/u/cpg/tmp/dia-0.84/samples'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/u/cpg/tmp/dia-0.84/samples'
Making all in po
make[2]: Entering directory `/u/cpg/tmp/dia-0.84/po'
make[2]: *** No rule to make target `en.gmo', needed by `all-yes'. Stop.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/u/cpg/tmp/dia-0.84/po'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/u/cpg/tmp/dia-0.84'
make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2