only require 0.17 of gettext

This seems to solve many build issues with older distrubtions and doesn't seem to be a problem with newer ones.

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 32b58d1..cae8d5d 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ AC_ISC_POSIX
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
 
 dnl| add gettext support
-AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(0.18.1)
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(0.17)
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
 
 AC_CHECK_PROGS(RSH, remsh rsh, rsh)