The following msgids should be in gas-2.17.90.pot (I suppose):

#: config/tc-bfin.c:249
msgid "missing ')'"

#. Blackfin specific function to handle FD-PIC pointer initializations.
#: config/tc-bfin.c:252
msgid "missing funcdesc in picptr"

#: config/tc-ia64.c:7640 config/tc-mips.c:1750
#: config/tc-bfin.c:351
msgid "Could not set architecture and machine."

There is a dot at the end of msgid in tc-bfin.c

#: config/tc-bfin.c:512
msgid "We found a '['!"

#: config/tc-bfin.c:571
msgid "pcrel too far BFD_RELOC_BFIN_10"

#: config/tc-bfin.c:587
msgid "pcrel too far BFD_RELOC_BFIN_12"

#: config/tc-bfin.c:607
msgid "pcrel too far BFD_RELOC_BFIN_24"

#: config/tc-bfin.c:622
msgid "pcrel too far BFD_RELOC_BFIN_5"

#: config/tc-bfin.c:634
msgid "pcrel too far BFD_RELOC_BFIN_11_PCREL"

#: config/tc-bfin.c:644
msgid "rel too far BFD_RELOC_8"

#: config/tc-bfin.c:651 is handled in another bug report

#: config/tc-bfin.c:672
#, c-format
msgid "Relocation %d not handled in gas. Contact support.\n"

#: config/tc-bfin.c:1181 config/tc-bfin.c:1197 are handled in another bug report

#: config/tc-bfin.c:1201
#, c-format
msgid "%s:%d:Unknown node expression found during arithmetic 
relocation generation "

#: config/tc-bfin.c:1456 config/tc-bfin.c:1519
#: config/tc-bfin.c:1543
#, c-format
msgid "Warning: possible mixup of Preg/Dreg\n"