# rpm -qa | grep glibc
glibc-common-2.3.4-2.39
glibc-2.3.4-2.39
glibc-2.3.4-2.39
# cat gettext.sh     
#!/bin/bash
export TEXTDOMAINDIR=/tkcluster/locale/
export TEXTDOMAIN="messages"
export LANG="de_DE"
echo `gettext "ACTIVE"`

# sh gettext.sh 
ACTIVE
[root@sr2500test-node1 glibc]# rpm -Uhv --nodeps --force
glibc-2.3.4-2.36.x86_64.rpm
Preparing...                ###########################################
[100%]
   1:glibc                  ###########################################
[100%]
Stopping sshd:[  OK  ]
Starting sshd:[  OK  ]
# sh gettext.sh 
AKTIV