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When I try to compile mcs-manager sources, configure scripts was successfully done. But when I start make, it crashed. The error message was something like "-o" command not found. It was happen in po directory. I looked into po/Makefile and saw, that crash place is 
.... && $(GMSGFMT) -o $$file $<
GMSGFMT variable was not set. When I install gettext package, problem was fixed.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. ./configure && make

Actual Results:  
configure done, make fails with -o command not found error

Expected Results:  
configure fails with message "gettext not found" or something about it.

debian 4 etch with minimal configuration