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 (gettext)GNU Gettext section `GNU Gettext' in GNU gettext utilities).

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.