It wasn't actually needed. Reported by Stefano Lattarini in <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2013-04/msg00041.html>. * configure.ac (AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION): Decrease from 0.18.2 back to 0.16.
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ AC_CHECK_TYPE(iconv_t,:,
# Gettext.
AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external], [need-formatstring-macros])
-AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.18.2])
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.16])
# Initialize the test suite.
AC_CONFIG_TESTDIR(tests)