no, it is not a joke, it is not a joke.... it is required to make sure libintl is builded under Linux

gettext/gettext.spec

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Distribution: OpenPKG [BASE]
 Group:        Converter
 License:      GPL
 Version:      0.11.5
-Release:      20020807
+Release:      20020823
 
 #   list of sources
 Source0:      ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/gettext-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ AutoReqProv:  no
     ./configure \
         --prefix=%{l_prefix} \
         --with-libiconv-prefix=%{l_prefix} \
+        --with-included-gettext \
         --disable-shared
     %{l_make} %{l_mflags -O}