don't seem to work very well if you are using autopoint, although
    gettext 0.11.5 claims to be fully backwards compatible. Welcome to
    automake hell.
  * ./bootstrap: workaround which uses gettextize if you do not have
    autopoint. We'll probably stay like this for a while, until gettext
    0.11.x (which replaces gettextize with autopoint) becomes more
    widespread. Currently this workaround seems to work, but don't expect
    a clean tarball if you make dist without having used autopoint. Welcome
    to automake hell.