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10.2 Gettext

If AM_GNU_GETTEXT is seen in configure.ac, then Automake turns on support for GNU gettext, a message catalog system for internationalization (see Introduction).

The gettext support in Automake requires the addition of one or two subdirectories to the package, po and possibly also intl. The latter is needed if AM_GNU_GETTEXT is not invoked with the ‘external’ argument, or if AM_GNU_GETTEXT_INTL_SUBDIR is used. Automake ensures that these directories exist and are mentioned in SUBDIRS.