* bootstrap: Set XGETTEXT_OPTIONS to flag our printf-format functions,

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 2006-08-11  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
+       * bootstrap: Set XGETTEXT_OPTIONS to flag our printf-format functions,
+       so that translators are warned about strings that are formats but
+       don't look like formats.  This might help prevent core dumps.
+       * configure.ac (AM_GNU_GETTEXT): Upgrade to need-formatstring-macros.
+       Suggested by Eric Blake to avoid problems like
+       <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2006-07/msg00087.html>.
+       (AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION): Upgrade from 0.12.1 to 0.15.  The gettext
+       manual says we should use the version number normally expected of
+       maintainers, neither more nor less.
+
        * bootstrap (get_translations):
        Don't exclude ky.po; it is working again.