issue goes away when python is removed from the config options this was noticed by having OPTIONS_SET+= PYTHON in /etc/make.conf, however, it also occurs when setting the option via 'make config' also.
Did you build python without NLS ? Could you try this patch (the lang/python27/Makefile bump may no longer apply): https://bz-attachments.freebsd.org/attachment.cgi?id=156373
@Jan, can this be closed now that bug 197757 has been resolved?
Yep, should no longer happen.