Newer autopoint chokes if we don't explicitly list a version here.
diff -up cracklib-2.8.12/configure.in cracklib-2.8.12/configure.in
--- cracklib-2.8.12/configure.in	2008-10-28 13:27:06.000000000 -0400
+++ cracklib-2.8.12/configure.in	2008-10-28 13:27:07.000000000 -0400
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(strdup)
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(getpwuid_r)
 
 dnl internationalization macros
-AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(0.14)
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
 
 dnl Control default dictname