Re: gettext: prepare Makefile.in.in for next Automake version

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "RW" == Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> writes:

[...]

 RW> Another possibility would be to back out the relevant
 RW> change of AM_PROG_MKDIR_P for Automake-1.10;

I've installed this simple change in Automake.

--- m4/mkdirp.m4        19 Aug 2006 13:58:03 -0000      1.12                    
+++ m4/mkdirp.m4        19 Aug 2006 15:45:36 -0000                              
@@ -11,5 +11,9 @@                                                               
 AC_DEFUN([AM_PROG_MKDIR_P],                                                    
 [AC_PREREQ([2.60])dnl                                                          
 AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_MKDIR_P])dnl                                               
-AC_SUBST([mkdir_p], ['$(MKDIR_P)'])dnl                                         
+dnl Automake 1.8 to 1.9.6 used to define mkdir_p.                              
+dnl We now use MKDIR_P, while keeping a definition of mkdir_p for              
+dnl backward compatibility. Do not define mkdir_p as $(MKDIR_P) for            
+dnl the sake of Makefile.ins that do not define MKDIR_P.                       
+AC_SUBST([mkdir_p], ["$MKDIR_P"])dnl                                           
 ])                                                                             
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz

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