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`aclocal.m4' at top level
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   If you do not have an `aclocal.m4' file in your distribution, the
simplest is to concatenate the files `codeset.m4', `gettext.m4',
`glibc21.m4', `iconv.m4', `isc-posix.m4', `lcmessage.m4', `progtest.m4'
from GNU `gettext''s `m4/' directory into a single file.

   If you already have an `aclocal.m4' file, then you will have to
merge the said macro files into your `aclocal.m4'.  Note that if you
are upgrading from a previous release of GNU `gettext', you should most
probably _replace_ the macros (`AM_GNU_GETTEXT', `AM_WITH_NLS', etc.),
as they usually change a little from one release of GNU `gettext' to
the next.  Their contents may vary as we get more experience with
strange systems out there.

   These macros check for the internationalization support functions
and related informations.  Hopefully, once stabilized, these macros
might be integrated in the standard Autoconf set, because this piece of
`m4' code will be the same for all projects using GNU `gettext'.