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+#requires bison
+#requires libtool
+
+mcd $BUILDDIR/gettext
+
+$SRC/gettext-*/configure $TCONFIGARGS --disable-static --enable-shared --with-pic-=yes --disable-csharp --disable-rpath
+
+make $J
+make $J install