Re: automake-1.8.2 and newer fails on FreeBSD 5.x

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "Pav" == Pav Lucistnik <address@hidden> writes:

 Pav> Heya,

Howdy,

 Pav> rev. 1.2.2.3 of automake/m4/mkdirp.m4 introduced a problem for users of
 Pav> FreeBSD 5.x, where invocation `mkdir -p --version .` returns error

 Pav> $ mkdir -p --version . && echo true
 Pav> mkdir: illegal option -- -
 Pav> usage: mkdir [-pv] [-m mode] directory ...

 Pav> On FreeBSD 4.x it returns 0

 Pav> $ mkdir -p --version . && echo true
 Pav> true

These shoudn't be a problem.  Please run the Automake test-suite
to be sure (see tests/README if something fails).

[...]

 Pav> On FreeBSD 5.x
 Pav> mkdir_p = $(mkinstalldirs), and mkinstalldirs = $(mkdir_p), this leads
 Pav> to recursive variable and build failure.

That's indeed unhealthy :)

mkdir_p is defined by configure, and it can be set to
$(mkinstalldirs) only if the mkinstalldirs script exist in the
package.

$(mkinstalldirs) is defined in Makefile.in when automake.in is
run, and it can be set to $(mkdir_p) only if the mkinstalldirs
does NOT exist.  

Also, automake will not install mkinstalldirs by itself.  So my
guess is that the person who autoconfiscated the package in
which you observed this somehow managed to put a copy of
mkinstalldirs after automake ran.

Do not do that.  Either install mkinstalldirs before running
automake, or do not install it at all (automake no longer
requires it these days; but some other tools might do).

[...]

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Alexandre Duret-Lutz