Although this is not the right fix to the original problem:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2013-01/msg00086.html
it makes it possible again for consumer projects to use arbitrary
version of gettext, through the steps described at:
http://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/gettextize-and-autopoint.html
See here for details:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2016-01/msg00079.html
* modules/futimens-tests (Depends-on): Add 'gettext-h' in place of
'gettext'.
* modules/utimens-tests (Depends-on): Add 'gettext-h' in place of
'gettext'.