diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 1f7b1e85da..f63009e5a2 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -13248,3 +13248,24 @@ David  20 Oct 2005
 
     client/
         scheduler_op.C
+
+Rom    20 Oct 2005
+    - Bug Fix: use strLink instead of strBuffer when describing the URL to
+        go to on Linux when a browser cannot be detected.
+    - Bug Fix: Change missing browser message box text.
+        
+    clientgui/
+        hyperlink.cpp
+
+Rom    20 Oct 2005
+    - Include localization files in the Linux sea.
+    
+    sea/
+        Makefile.am
+        make-tar.sh
+        make-tar_debug.sh
+
+Rom    20 Oct 2005 (stable)
+    - Tag for 5.2.3 release, all platforms
+      boinc_core_release_5_2_3
+
diff --git a/clientgui/hyperlink.cpp b/clientgui/hyperlink.cpp
index e12dc7f148..b4c67fae78 100644
--- a/clientgui/hyperlink.cpp
+++ b/clientgui/hyperlink.cpp
@@ -216,18 +216,17 @@ void wxHyperLink::ExecuteLink (const wxString &strLink) {
         if(cmd.IsEmpty()) {
             wxString strBuffer = wxEmptyString;
             strBuffer.Printf(
-                _("BOINC could not determine what your default browser is.\n"
-                "Please verify that you have either the 'mailcap' package installed or\n"
-                "'mime' package installed, and that the 'text/html' mime type is\n"
-                "configured for your favorite browser. Another method is to set the\n"
-                "BROWSER environment variable to point to whatever your favorite\n"
-                "web browser is.  Please open a browser window to the following URL:\n\n"
-                "%s"),
-                strBuffer.c_str()
+                _("BOINC tried to display the web page\n"
+                "\t%s\n"
+                "but couldn't find a web browser.\n"
+                "To fix this, set the environment variable\n"
+                "BROWSER to the path of your web browser,\n"
+                "then restart BOINC."),
+                strLink.c_str()
             );
             ::wxMessageBox(
                 strBuffer,
-                _("BOINC Manager"),
+                _("BOINC Manager - Can't find web browser"),
                 wxOK | wxICON_INFORMATION
             );
         } else {
diff --git a/sea/Makefile.am b/sea/Makefile.am
index d0b4ad515a..8cf7794ee6 100644
--- a/sea/Makefile.am
+++ b/sea/Makefile.am
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ $(sea_debug): sea_debug.tar make-sea.sh Makefile
 	./make-sea.sh sea_debug.tar $(sea_debug) BOINC_debug/binstall.sh
 
 sea.tar: $(tarfiles)
-	tar cf sea.tar $(tarfiles)
+	./make-tar.sh
 
 sea_debug.tar: $(tarfiles_debug)
-	tar cf sea_debug.tar $(tarfiles_debug)
+	./make-tar_debug.sh
 
 BOINC/boinc: ../client/boinc BOINC
 	cp ../client/boinc BOINC/boinc
diff --git a/sea/make-tar.sh b/sea/make-tar.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..88280306fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sea/make-tar.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+rm -fr BOINC/.CVS
+mkdir BOINC
+mkdir BOINC/locale
+find ../locale/client -name '*.mo' | cut -d '/' -f 4 | awk '{print "BOINC/locale/"$0}' | xargs mkdir
+find ../locale/client -name '*.mo' | cut -d '/' -f 4,5 | awk '{print "cp \"../locale/client/"$0"\" \"BOINC/locale/"$0"\""}' | bash
+tar cvvf sea.tar BOINC/
+
diff --git a/sea/make-tar_debug.sh b/sea/make-tar_debug.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..7b3b6cd0f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sea/make-tar_debug.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+rm -fr BOINC_debug/.CVS
+mkdir BOINC_debug
+mkdir BOINC_debug/locale
+find ../locale/client -name '*.mo' | cut -d '/' -f 4 | awk '{print "BOINC_debug/locale/"$0}' | xargs mkdir
+find ../locale/client -name '*.mo' | cut -d '/' -f 4,5 | awk '{print "cp \"../locale/client/"$0"\" \"BOINC_debug/locale/"$0"\""}' | bash
+tar cvvf sea_debug.tar BOINC_debug/
+