diff -ur gettext-0.14.1.orig/gettext-tools/misc/autopoint.in gettext-0.14.1/gettext-tools/misc/autopoint.in
--- gettext-0.14.1.orig/gettext-tools/misc/autopoint.in	2004-01-29 20:17:27.000000000 +0100
+++ gettext-0.14.1/gettext-tools/misc/autopoint.in	2004-09-20 10:26:14.000000000 +0200
@@ -39,14 +39,7 @@
     */* | *\\*) ;;
     *) # Need to look in the PATH.
       if test "${PATH_SEPARATOR+set}" != set; then
-        { echo "#! /bin/sh"; echo "exit 0"; } > /tmp/conf$$.sh
-        chmod +x /tmp/conf$$.sh
-        if (PATH="/nonexistent;/tmp"; conf$$.sh) >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-          PATH_SEPARATOR=';'
-        else
-          PATH_SEPARATOR=:
-        fi
-        rm -f /tmp/conf$$.sh
+        PATH_SEPARATOR=:
       fi
       save_IFS="$IFS"; IFS="$PATH_SEPARATOR"
       for dir in $PATH; do
@@ -318,7 +311,15 @@
 cvs_dir=tmpcvs$$
 work_dir=tmpwrk$$
 mkdir "$cvs_dir"
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "ERROR making $cvs_dir"
+  exit 1
+fi
 mkdir "$work_dir"
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "ERROR making $work_dir"
+  exit 1
+fi
 CVSROOT="$srcdir/$cvs_dir"
 export CVSROOT
 unset CVS_CLIENT_LOG
@@ -417,6 +417,10 @@
     # Recompute base. It was clobbered by the recursive call.
     base=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's,/[^/]*$,,'`
     test -d "$base" || { echo "Creating directory $base"; mkdir "$base"; }
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+      echo "ERROR making directory $base"
+      exit 1
+    fi
   fi
 }
 
diff -ur gettext-0.14.1.orig/gettext-tools/misc/gettextize.in gettext-0.14.1/gettext-tools/misc/gettextize.in
--- gettext-0.14.1.orig/gettext-tools/misc/gettextize.in	2004-01-20 12:30:06.000000000 +0100
+++ gettext-0.14.1/gettext-tools/misc/gettextize.in	2004-09-20 10:22:39.000000000 +0200
@@ -39,14 +39,7 @@
     */* | *\\*) ;;
     *) # Need to look in the PATH.
       if test "${PATH_SEPARATOR+set}" != set; then
-        { echo "#! /bin/sh"; echo "exit 0"; } > /tmp/conf$$.sh
-        chmod +x /tmp/conf$$.sh
-        if (PATH="/nonexistent;/tmp"; conf$$.sh) >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-          PATH_SEPARATOR=';'
-        else
-          PATH_SEPARATOR=:
-        fi
-        rm -f /tmp/conf$$.sh
+        PATH_SEPARATOR=:
       fi
       save_IFS="$IFS"; IFS="$PATH_SEPARATOR"
       for dir in $PATH; do