diff -Naur gedit-2.6.0-old/configure gedit-2.6.0/configure
--- gedit-2.6.0-old/configure	Mon Mar 22 13:23:19 2004
+++ gedit-2.6.0/configure	Thu Apr  8 11:06:51 2004
@@ -22177,115 +22177,6 @@
    { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
 fi
 
-
-
-
-for ac_func in ngettext
-do
-as_ac_var=`echo "ac_cv_func_$ac_func" | $as_tr_sh`
-echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_func" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking for $ac_func... $ECHO_C" >&6
-if eval "test \"\${$as_ac_var+set}\" = set"; then
-  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
-else
-  cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
-/* confdefs.h.  */
-_ACEOF
-cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
-cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-/* Define $ac_func to an innocuous variant, in case <limits.h> declares $ac_func.
-   For example, HP-UX 11i <limits.h> declares gettimeofday.  */
-#define $ac_func innocuous_$ac_func
-
-/* System header to define __stub macros and hopefully few prototypes,
-    which can conflict with char $ac_func (); below.
-    Prefer <limits.h> to <assert.h> if __STDC__ is defined, since
-    <limits.h> exists even on freestanding compilers.  */
-
-#ifdef __STDC__
-# include <limits.h>
-#else
-# include <assert.h>
-#endif
-
-#undef $ac_func
-
-/* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C"
-{
-#endif
-/* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
-   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
-char $ac_func ();
-/* The GNU C library defines this for functions which it implements
-    to always fail with ENOSYS.  Some functions are actually named
-    something starting with __ and the normal name is an alias.  */
-#if defined (__stub_$ac_func) || defined (__stub___$ac_func)
-choke me
-#else
-char (*f) () = $ac_func;
-#endif
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
-int
-main ()
-{
-return f != $ac_func;
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
-if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
-  (eval $ac_link) 2>conftest.er1
-  ac_status=$?
-  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
-  rm -f conftest.er1
-  cat conftest.err >&5
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-  (exit $ac_status); } &&
-	 { ac_try='test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag"
-			 || test ! -s conftest.err'
-  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
-  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
-  ac_status=$?
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-  (exit $ac_status); }; } &&
-	 { ac_try='test -s conftest$ac_exeext'
-  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
-  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
-  ac_status=$?
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-  (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
-  eval "$as_ac_var=yes"
-else
-  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
-sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
-
-eval "$as_ac_var=no"
-fi
-rm -f conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
-      conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
-fi
-echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: `eval echo '${'$as_ac_var'}'`" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}`eval echo '${'$as_ac_var'}'`" >&6
-if test `eval echo '${'$as_ac_var'}'` = yes; then
-  cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
-#define `echo "HAVE_$ac_func" | $as_tr_cpp` 1
-_ACEOF
-
-else
-  { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: ngettext function is required to build gedit." >&5
-echo "$as_me: error: ngettext function is required to build gedit." >&2;}
-   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
-fi
-done
-
-
 if test "x${datadir}" = 'x${prefix}/share'; then
   if test "x${prefix}" = "xNONE"; then
 
diff -Naur gedit-2.6.0-old/ltmain.sh gedit-2.6.0/ltmain.sh
--- gedit-2.6.0-old/ltmain.sh	Sun Feb 15 15:05:25 2004
+++ gedit-2.6.0/ltmain.sh	Thu Apr  8 11:05:12 2004
@@ -3745,6 +3745,11 @@
 	  eval test_cmds=\"$archive_expsym_cmds\"
 	  cmds=$archive_expsym_cmds
 	else
+	  if test "x$verstring" = "x0.0"; then
+            tmp_verstring=
+          else
+            tmp_verstring="$verstring"
+          fi
 	  eval test_cmds=\"$archive_cmds\"
 	  cmds=$archive_cmds
 	  fi