https://bugs.gentoo.org/693850
https://midnight-commander.org/raw-attachment/ticket/3629/mc-3629-Linking-fix-for-gettext.patch

Test change counterpart.

--- a/tests/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -9,3 +9,3 @@ AM_LDFLAGS = @TESTS_LDFLAGS@
 LIBS = @CHECK_LIBS@ \
-	$(top_builddir)/lib/libmc.la
+	$(top_builddir)/lib/libmc.la $(LIBINTL)
 
--- a/tests/lib/mcconfig/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/lib/mcconfig/Makefile.am
@@ -11,3 +11,3 @@ AM_LDFLAGS = @TESTS_LDFLAGS@
 LIBS = @CHECK_LIBS@ \
-	$(top_builddir)/lib/libmc.la
+	$(top_builddir)/lib/libmc.la $(LIBINTL)
 
--- a/tests/lib/search/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/lib/search/Makefile.am
@@ -10,3 +10,3 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = \
 LIBS = @CHECK_LIBS@ \
-	$(top_builddir)/lib/libmc.la @PCRE_LIBS@
+	$(top_builddir)/lib/libmc.la @PCRE_LIBS@ $(LIBINTL)
 
--- a/tests/lib/vfs/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/lib/vfs/Makefile.am
@@ -14,3 +14,3 @@ EXTRA_DIST = mc.charsets
 LIBS = @CHECK_LIBS@ \
-	$(top_builddir)/lib/libmc.la
+	$(top_builddir)/lib/libmc.la $(LIBINTL)
 
--- a/tests/lib/Makefile.in
+++ b/tests/lib/Makefile.in
@@ -636 +636 @@ LIBPTH_PREFIX = @LIBPTH_PREFIX@
-LIBS = @CHECK_LIBS@ $(top_builddir)/lib/libmc.la $(am__append_1)
+LIBS = @CHECK_LIBS@ $(top_builddir)/lib/libmc.la $(LIBINTL) $(am__append_1)
--- a/tests/lib/mcconfig/Makefile.in
+++ b/tests/lib/mcconfig/Makefile.in
@@ -542 +542 @@ LIBPTH_PREFIX = @LIBPTH_PREFIX@
-LIBS = @CHECK_LIBS@ $(top_builddir)/lib/libmc.la $(am__append_1)
+LIBS = @CHECK_LIBS@ $(top_builddir)/lib/libmc.la $(LIBINTL) $(am__append_1)
--- a/tests/lib/search/Makefile.in
+++ b/tests/lib/search/Makefile.in
@@ -584,2 +584 @@ LIBPTH_PREFIX = @LIBPTH_PREFIX@
-LIBS = @CHECK_LIBS@ $(top_builddir)/lib/libmc.la @PCRE_LIBS@ \
-	$(am__append_1)
+LIBS = @CHECK_LIBS@ $(top_builddir)/lib/libmc.la @PCRE_LIBS@ $(LIBINTL) $(am__append_1)
--- a/tests/lib/vfs/Makefile.in
+++ b/tests/lib/vfs/Makefile.in
@@ -641 +641 @@ LIBPTH_PREFIX = @LIBPTH_PREFIX@
-LIBS = @CHECK_LIBS@ $(top_builddir)/lib/libmc.la $(am__append_1)
+LIBS = @CHECK_LIBS@ $(top_builddir)/lib/libmc.la $(LIBINTL) $(am__append_1)