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-rw-r--r--FAQ4
-rw-r--r--FAQ.in4
-rw-r--r--manual/install.texi5
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure2
4 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ
index d583a99e9d..fb8a6850f4 100644
--- a/FAQ
+++ b/FAQ
@@ -295,7 +295,9 @@ Binutils 2.9.1.0.16 or later is also required.
   `message catalog' files containing translated versions of system
   messages. See ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu or better any mirror
   site.  (We distribute compiled message catalogs, but they may not be
-  updated in patches.)
+  updated in patches.)  Please note that the required minimal version
+  (0.10.35) of gettext is alpha software and available from
+  ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu .
 
 * Some files are built with special tools.  E.g., files ending in .gperf
   need a `gperf' program.  The GNU version (now available in a separate
diff --git a/FAQ.in b/FAQ.in
index 2c811c857f..9d03d2f327 100644
--- a/FAQ.in
+++ b/FAQ.in
@@ -132,7 +132,9 @@ Binutils 2.9.1.0.16 or later is also required.
   `message catalog' files containing translated versions of system
   messages. See ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu or better any mirror
   site.  (We distribute compiled message catalogs, but they may not be
-  updated in patches.)
+  updated in patches.)  Please note that the required minimal version
+  (0.10.35) of gettext is alpha software and available from
+  ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu .
 
 * Some files are built with special tools.  E.g., files ending in .gperf
   need a `gperf' program.  The GNU version (now available in a separate
diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi
index ec00c01489..00d6687679 100644
--- a/manual/install.texi
+++ b/manual/install.texi
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ Instead, edit the generated @file{Makefile} and uncomment the line
 @noindent
 You can change the @samp{4} to some other number as appropriate for
 your system.  Instead of changing the @file{Makefile}, you could give
-this option directly to @code{make} and call it as, e.g. 
+this option directly to @code{make} and call it as, e.g.
 @code{make PARALLELMFLAGS=-j4}.  If you're building in the source
 directory, you've got to use the latter approach since in this case no
 new @file{Makefile} is generated which you can change.
@@ -354,7 +354,8 @@ and if you change any of the message translation files you will need
 
 @itemize @bullet
 @item
-GNU @code{gettext} 0.10.35 or later
+GNU @code{gettext} 0.10.35 or later (version 0.10.35 is a alpha release
+and available via ftp from alpha.gnu.org/gnu)
 @end itemize
 
 @noindent
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure
index f5d994b1c7..46030bf10f 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if test -n "$sysheaders"; then
 fi
 echo $ac_n "checking installed Linux kernel header files""... $ac_c" 1>&6
 echo "configure:16: checking installed Linux kernel header files" >&5
-if eval "test \"\${libc_cv_linux2010+set}\" = set"; then
+if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'libc_cv_linux2010'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF