There is no use for a relocatable library and this restores the .la file.
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?64536

Index: gettext-runtime/intl/configure
--- gettext-runtime/intl/configure.orig
+++ gettext-runtime/intl/configure
@@ -6695,7 +6695,7 @@ fi
 
 
 
-enable_relocatable=yes
+enable_relocatable=no
 
 ac_header= ac_cache=
 for ac_item in $ac_header_c_list