* configure.ac.in: update version to 2.5.4
        * configure.ac.in: update version to 2.6-cvs

* po/*.po: update from the Translation Project
* configure.ac.in: update version to 2.6-cvs
move .cvsignore files to .gitignore
add .gitattributes
adjust autogen.sh for git

* autogen.sh: Remove what is useless with git.
start modernizing autoconf infrastructure

* configure.ac: Slightly modernize.
* Makefile.am: Modernize, use dependencies.
* Makefile.am: Modernize, use dependencies.
* lib/Makefile.am: Remove ansi2knr.
* src/Makefile.am: Remove ansi2knr.

* .gitignore: Add INSTALL
* build-aux/.gitignore: New.
quickly hack my way into bootstrapping until gnulib is in use

* bootstrap/Makefile.try: Adjust.
* lib/savedir.c: Avoid using stpcpy, so that bootstrapping does not need it.
do not rely on tests done by AM_GNU_GETTEXT

* configure.ac.in: Test for limits.h, locale.h, stddef.h, mempcpy
and setlocale, though already done implicitly via AM_GNU_GETTEXT.
upgrade to external gettext, modernize handling of m4 subdirectory

* configure.ac.in (AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION): Bump to 0.17.
(AC_OUTPUT): Remove m4/Makefile creation.
* Makefile.am (subdirs): Remove m4 subdirectory.
(EXTRA_DIST): Add build-aux/config.rpath.
* intl/*: Remove.
* m4/Makefile.am: Remove.
* m4/codeset.m4: Remove.
* m4/glibc.m4: Remove.
* m4/glibc21.m4: Remove.
* m4/header.m4: Remove.
* m4/install.m4: Remove.
* m4/isc-posix.m4: Remove.
* m4/lcmessage.m4: Remove.
* m4/sanity.m4: Remove.
* m4/gettext.m4: Upgrade to gettext-0.17.
* m4/iconv.m4: Upgrade to gettext-0.17.
* m4/lib-ld.m4: New file, from gettext-0.17.
* m4/lib-link.m4: New file, from gettext-0.17.
* m4/lib-prefix.m4: New file, from gettext-0.17.
* m4/nls.m4: New file, from gettext-0.17.
* m4/po.m4: New file, from gettext-0.17.
* m4/progtest.m4: Upgrade to gettext-0.17.
* m4/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add the new files.
* po/Makefile.in.in: Upgrade to gettext-0.17.
* po/Makevars: New.
* po/cat-id-tbl.c: New.
* src/Makefile.am: Replace @INTLLIBS@ with @LIBINTL@.
fix last `make distcheck' failure

* configure.ac.in: Remove pointless (?) stamp-h rule.
use po/LINGUAS instead of ALL_LINGUAS

* configure.ac.in: Rename...
* configure.ac: ... to this.  Remove ALL_LINGUAS definition.
* autogen.sh: Generate po/LINGUAS instead of configure.ac.
use gettext.h

* lib/Makefile.am: Distribute gettext.h.
* lib/closeout.c: Use it.
* lib/gettext.h: New.
* lib/quotearg.c: Use it.
* lib/xmalloc.c: Use it.
* src/dfa.c: Use it.
* src/system.h: Use it.
free `bootstrap' name for bootstrap script

* bootstrap/*: Remove.
* configure.ac: Do not create bootstrap/Makefile.
* Makefile.am: Do not recurse into bootstrap, distribute new files.
* Makefile.boot: Move from bootstrap/Makefile.try.
* README-boot: Move from bootstrap/README.
rename autogen.sh to bootstrap

* autogen.sh: Rename to...
* bootstrap: ... this.
run autopoint and fetch po files from the bootstrap script

* bootstrap: Add autopoint invocation and fetching of .po files.
* configure.ac: Bump to GNU gettext 0.17.

* ABOUT-NLS: Remove.
* m4/gettext.m4: Remove.
* m4/iconv.m4: Remove.
* m4/lib-link.m4: Remove.
* m4/po.m4: Remove.
* po/*.po: Remove.
remove more gettext-provided m4 files

* m4/largefile.m4: Remove.
* m4/lib-ld.m4: Remove.
* m4/lib-prefix.m4: Remove.
* m4/missing.m4: Remove.
* m4/nls.m4: Remove.
* m4/progtest.m4: Remove.
remove Makefile.cvs

* Makefile.cvs: Remove.
remove useless AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS

* doc/Makefile.am: Remove AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS.
* lib/posix/Makefile.am: Remove AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS.
* vms/Makefile.am: Remove AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS.
remove lib/posix/ directory

* configure.ac: Do not generate lib/posix/Makefile.
* lib/Makefile.am: Remove SUBDIRS.
* lib/posix/Makefile.am: Remove.
* lib/posix/regex.h: Overwrite...
* lib/regex.h: ... this.
another unused autoconf macro

* configure.ac: Remove AC_SEP.
* m4/envsep.m4: Remove.