Index: m4/intltool.m4
===================================================================
--- m4/intltool.m4	(revision 1800)
+++ m4/intltool.m4	(working copy)
@@ -23,10 +23,9 @@
 ## the same distribution terms that you use for the rest of that program.
 
 dnl IT_PROG_INTLTOOL([MINIMUM-VERSION], [no-xml])
-# serial 40 IT_PROG_INTLTOOL
-AC_DEFUN([IT_PROG_INTLTOOL], [
-AC_PREREQ([2.50])dnl
-AC_REQUIRE([AM_NLS])dnl
+# serial 36 IT_PROG_INTLTOOL
+AC_DEFUN([IT_PROG_INTLTOOL],
+[AC_PREREQ([2.50])dnl
 
 case "$am__api_version" in
     1.[01234])
@@ -40,21 +39,14 @@
     AC_MSG_CHECKING([for intltool >= $1])
 
     INTLTOOL_REQUIRED_VERSION_AS_INT=`echo $1 | awk -F. '{ print $ 1 * 1000 + $ 2 * 100 + $ 3; }'`
-    INTLTOOL_APPLIED_VERSION=`intltool-update --version | head -1 | cut -d" " -f3`
-    [INTLTOOL_APPLIED_VERSION_AS_INT=`echo $INTLTOOL_APPLIED_VERSION | awk -F. '{ print $ 1 * 1000 + $ 2 * 100 + $ 3; }'`
+    INTLTOOL_APPLIED_VERSION=`awk -F\" '/\\$VERSION / { print $ 2; }' ${ac_aux_dir}/intltool-update.in`
+    [INTLTOOL_APPLIED_VERSION_AS_INT=`awk -F\" '/\\$VERSION / { split($ 2, VERSION, "."); print VERSION[1] * 1000 + VERSION[2] * 100 + VERSION[3];}' ${ac_aux_dir}/intltool-update.in`
     ]
     AC_MSG_RESULT([$INTLTOOL_APPLIED_VERSION found])
     test "$INTLTOOL_APPLIED_VERSION_AS_INT" -ge "$INTLTOOL_REQUIRED_VERSION_AS_INT" ||
 	AC_MSG_ERROR([Your intltool is too old.  You need intltool $1 or later.])
 fi
 
-AC_PATH_PROG(INTLTOOL_UPDATE, [intltool-update])
-AC_PATH_PROG(INTLTOOL_MERGE, [intltool-merge])
-AC_PATH_PROG(INTLTOOL_EXTRACT, [intltool-extract])
-if test -z "$INTLTOOL_UPDATE" -o -z "$INTLTOOL_MERGE" -o -z "$INTLTOOL_EXTRACT"; then
-    AC_MSG_ERROR([The intltool scripts were not found. Please install intltool.])
-fi
-
   INTLTOOL_DESKTOP_RULE='%.desktop:   %.desktop.in   $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) $(wildcard $(top_srcdir)/po/*.po) ; LC_ALL=C $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) -d -u -c $(top_builddir)/po/.intltool-merge-cache $(top_srcdir)/po $< [$]@' 
 INTLTOOL_DIRECTORY_RULE='%.directory: %.directory.in $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) $(wildcard $(top_srcdir)/po/*.po) ; LC_ALL=C $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) -d -u -c $(top_builddir)/po/.intltool-merge-cache $(top_srcdir)/po $< [$]@' 
      INTLTOOL_KEYS_RULE='%.keys:      %.keys.in      $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) $(wildcard $(top_srcdir)/po/*.po) ; LC_ALL=C $(INTLTOOL_MERGE) -k -u -c $(top_builddir)/po/.intltool-merge-cache $(top_srcdir)/po $< [$]@' 
@@ -99,7 +91,6 @@
 AC_PATH_PROG(XGETTEXT, xgettext)
 AC_PATH_PROG(MSGMERGE, msgmerge)
 AC_PATH_PROG(MSGFMT, msgfmt)
-AC_PATH_PROG(GMSGFMT, gmsgfmt, $MSGFMT)
 if test -z "$XGETTEXT" -o -z "$MSGMERGE" -o -z "$MSGFMT"; then
     AC_MSG_ERROR([GNU gettext tools not found; required for intltool])
 fi
@@ -110,7 +101,12 @@
     AC_MSG_ERROR([GNU gettext tools not found; required for intltool])
 fi
 
-AC_PATH_PROG(INTLTOOL_PERL, [perl])
+# Use the tools built into the package, not the ones that are installed.
+AC_SUBST(INTLTOOL_EXTRACT, '$(top_builddir)/intltool-extract')
+AC_SUBST(INTLTOOL_MERGE, '$(top_builddir)/intltool-merge')
+AC_SUBST(INTLTOOL_UPDATE, '$(top_builddir)/intltool-update')
+
+AC_PATH_PROG(INTLTOOL_PERL, perl)
 if test -z "$INTLTOOL_PERL"; then
    AC_MSG_ERROR([perl not found; required for intltool])
 fi
@@ -156,6 +152,42 @@
 
 IT_PO_SUBDIR([po])
 
+dnl The following is very similar to
+dnl
+dnl	AC_CONFIG_FILES([intltool-extract intltool-merge intltool-update])
+dnl
+dnl with the following slight differences:
+dnl  - the *.in files are in ac_aux_dir,
+dnl  - if the file haven't changed upon reconfigure, it's not touched,
+dnl  - the evaluation of the third parameter enables a hack which computes
+dnl    the actual value of $libdir,
+dnl  - the user sees "executing intltool commands", instead of
+dnl    "creating intltool-extract" and such.
+dnl
+dnl Nothing crucial here, and we could use AC_CONFIG_FILES, if there were
+dnl a reason for it.
+
+AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([intltool], [
+
+for file in intltool-extract intltool-merge intltool-update; do
+  sed -e "s|@INTLTOOL_EXTRACT@|`pwd`/intltool-extract|g" \
+      -e "s|@INTLTOOL_LIBDIR@|${INTLTOOL_LIBDIR}|g" \
+      -e "s|@INTLTOOL_PERL@|${INTLTOOL_PERL}|g" \
+	< ${ac_aux_dir}/${file}.in > ${file}.out
+  if cmp -s ${file} ${file}.out 2>/dev/null; then
+    rm -f ${file}.out
+  else
+    mv -f ${file}.out ${file}
+  fi
+  chmod ugo+x ${file}
+  chmod u+w ${file}
+done
+
+],
+[INTLTOOL_PERL='${INTLTOOL_PERL}' ac_aux_dir='${ac_aux_dir}'
+prefix="$prefix" exec_prefix="$exec_prefix" INTLTOOL_LIBDIR="$libdir" 
+INTLTOOL_EXTRACT='${INTLTOOL_EXTRACT}'])
+
 ])
 
 
@@ -179,17 +211,22 @@
 	'"s|^|	$ac_top_srcdir/|" \
       "$srcdir/$1/POTFILES.in" | sed '$!s/$/ \\/' >"$1/POTFILES"
     ]
+    if test ! -f "$1/Makefile"; then
+      AC_MSG_ERROR([$1/Makefile is not ready.])
+    fi
+    mv "$1/Makefile" "$1/Makefile.tmp"
     [sed '/^POTFILES =/,/[^\\]$/ {
 		/^POTFILES =/!d
 		r $1/POTFILES
 	  }
-	 ' "$1/Makefile.in" >"$1/Makefile"]
+	 ' "$1/Makefile.tmp" >"$1/Makefile"]
     rm -f "$1/Makefile.tmp"
     mv "$1/stamp-it.tmp" "$1/stamp-it"
   ])
 ])dnl
 ])
 
+
 # deprecated macros
 AU_ALIAS([AC_PROG_INTLTOOL], [IT_PROG_INTLTOOL])
 # A hint is needed for aclocal from Automake <= 1.9.4:
Index: conduit/modules/GoogleModule/GoogleModule.py
===================================================================
--- conduit/modules/GoogleModule/GoogleModule.py	(revision 1800)
+++ conduit/modules/GoogleModule/GoogleModule.py	(working copy)
@@ -63,10 +63,12 @@
             host,port,user,password = conduit.GLOBALS.settings.get_proxy()
             #FIXME: Is this necessary, does GNOME propogate the gconf vars to 
             #env vars? gdata automatically picks those up
-            os.environ['http_proxy'] = "%s:%s" % (host,port)
-            os.environ['https_proxy'] = "%s:%s" % (host,port)
-            os.environ['proxy_username'] = user
-            os.environ['proxy_password'] = password
+            os.environ['http_proxy'] = "http://%s:%s/" % (host,port)
+            os.environ['https_proxy'] = "http://%s:%s/" % (host,port)
+            if user is not None:
+                os.environ['proxy_username'] = user
+            if password is not None:
+                os.environ['proxy_password'] = password
 
     def _do_login(self):
         self.service.ClientLogin(self.username, self.password)
