redhat-artwork fails to build due to UTF-8 locales

[Rodd Clarkson <r-list clarkson id au>]

if locale | grep -q UTF; then echo "intltool doesn't like UTF-8 locales.
Try rerunning with eg: LANG=en_US"; /bin/rm -f Bluecurve.xml
GdmGreeterTheme.desktop; exit 1; fi
intltool doesn't like UTF-8 locales.  Try rerunning with eg: LANG=en_US
make[5]: *** [all-local] Error 1
make[5]: Leaving directory `/home/rodd/garnome-0.30.0/geektoys/redhat-
artwork/work/main.d/redhat-artwork-0.88/art/gdm/Bluecurve'
make[4]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/rodd/garnome-0.30.0/geektoys/redhat-
artwork/work/main.d/redhat-artwork-0.88/art/gdm'
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/rodd/garnome-0.30.0/geektoys/redhat-
artwork/work/main.d/redhat-artwork-0.88/art'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/rodd/garnome-0.30.0/geektoys/redhat-
artwork/work/main.d/redhat-artwork-0.88'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/rodd/garnome-0.30.0/geektoys/redhat-
artwork/work/main.d/redhat-artwork-0.88'
make: *** [build-work/main.d/redhat-artwork-0.88/Makefile] Error 2
[rodd flathead redhat-artwork]$