Sync with 2.30.9

Sync with 2.30.9

* maint-2.30: (23 commits)
  Git 2.30.9
  gettext: avoid using gettext if the locale dir is not present
  apply --reject: overwrite existing `.rej` symlink if it exists
  http.c: clear the 'finished' member once we are done with it
  clone.c: avoid "exceeds maximum object size" error with GCC v12.x
  range-diff: use ssize_t for parsed "len" in read_patches()
  range-diff: handle unterminated lines in read_patches()
  range-diff: drop useless "offset" variable from read_patches()
  t5604: GETTEXT_POISON fix, conclusion
  t5604: GETTEXT_POISON fix, part 1
  t5619: GETTEXT_POISON fix
  t0003: GETTEXT_POISON fix, conclusion
  t0003: GETTEXT_POISON fix, part 1
  t0033: GETTEXT_POISON fix
  http: support CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS_STR
  http: prefer CURLOPT_SEEKFUNCTION to CURLOPT_IOCTLFUNCTION
  http-push: prefer CURLOPT_UPLOAD to CURLOPT_PUT
  ci: install python on ubuntu
  ci: use the same version of p4 on both Linux and macOS
  ci: remove the pipe after "p4 -V" to catch errors
  github-actions: run gcc-8 on ubuntu-20.04 image
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