tags 1137423 patch thanks Proposed patch attached.
(Note: There is a small discussion about this mode of failure in Bug #1137421). Thanks.
--- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ AC_PROG_INSTALL AC_PROG_MAKE_SET AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external]) -m4_ifndef([AM_GNU_GETTEXT_REQUIRE_VERSION], - [m4_define([AM_GNU_GETTEXT_REQUIRE_VERSION], [])]) AM_GNU_GETTEXT_REQUIRE_VERSION([0.19.8]) AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.19.8])

