unwind gettext usage; see tag COMMENT_LAST_WORKING_GETTEXT for the last working version of the gettext flow

Makefile.am

@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
 # distclean: remove everything except what goes in the distribution
 #
 
-SUBDIRS = intl m4  doc include man src test build flac.pbproj obj po
+SUBDIRS = doc include man src test build flac.pbproj obj
 
 DISTCLEANFILES = libtool-disable-static
 
-EXTRA_DIST = config.rpath mkinstalldirs  \
+EXTRA_DIST = \
 	COPYING.FDL \
 	COPYING.GPL \
 	COPYING.LGPL \
@@ -42,5 +42,3 @@ EXTRA_DIST = config.rpath mkinstalldirs  \
 	strip_fPIC.sh
 
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
-
-ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4

autogen.sh

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-gettextize --intl && aclocal && autoconf && autoheader && automake --foreign --include-deps --add-missing --copy
+aclocal && autoconf && autoheader && automake --foreign --include-deps --add-missing --copy

configure.in

@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(FLaC__HAS_XMMS, test x$XMMS_INPUT_PLUGIN_DIR != x)
 SHARE_LIBS='$(top_builddir)/src/share/libutf8.a $(top_builddir)/src/share/libgetopt.a'
 
 dnl check for i18n(internationalization); these are from libiconv/gettext
-AM_GNU_GETTEXT
 AM_ICONV
 AM_LANGINFO_CODESET
 
@@ -229,7 +228,7 @@ fi
 CFLAGS="$OUR_CFLAGS_HEAD $CFLAGS $OUR_CFLAGS_TAIL"
 CXXFLAGS="$OUR_CFLAGS_HEAD $CXXFLAGS $OUR_CFLAGS_TAIL"
 
-AC_OUTPUT( po/Makefile.in m4/Makefile intl/Makefile \
+AC_OUTPUT( \
 	Makefile \
 	src/Makefile \
 	src/libFLAC/Makefile \