gtk+-1.1.9: configure --dislable-nls fails

[Andy Kahn <kahn zk3 dec com>]

with gtk+-1.1.9, running "configure --dislable-nls fails" brings up
these error messages:

	...
	checking whether NLS is requested... no
	sed: Cannot find or open file ./intl/po2tbl.sed.in.
	...
	creating gtk/Makefile
	creating gtk/gtkfeatures.h
	creating config.h
	config.h is unchanged
	linking ./intl/libgettext.h to intl/libintl.h
	configure: error: ./intl/libgettext.h: File not found
	$


the only file i found in the subdirectory 'intl' was a zero-byte
file called "po2tbl.sed".  does anyone have any ideas what's up?
if you need more (system) information, please let me know.
--andy