On 03/15/2012 08:57 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > Fixes automake bug#8168 and bug#10816. > > A call like "aclocal -I m4 --install" used to fail if the 'm4' > directory wasn't pre-existing. This could be particularly > annoying when running in a checked-out version from a VCS like > git, which doesn't allow empty directories to be tracked. > > * aclocal.in (File::Path): New import. > (scan_m4_dirs): Don't die if the first directory of type FT_USER > doesn't exist and the '--install' option was given; that directory > will be created later in ... > (install_file): ... here. Change signature: now it takes as second > argument the destination directory rather than the destination file. > Crate the destination directory if it doesn't already exist. In > verbose mode, tell what is being copied where. > (write_aclocal): Update. > * NEWS, THANKS: Update. > * tests/aclocal-install-fail.test: New test. > * tests/aclocal-install-mkdir.test: Likewise. > * tests/aclocal-no-install-no-mkdir.test: Likewise. > * tests/aclocal-verbose-install.test: Likewise. > * tests/list-of-tests.mk: Add them. > > Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com> > --- > > I will push this in a couple of days if there is no objection. > Thanks to David and Javier, and sorry for the awful delay. > No objection seen so far, so I've pushed this patch (with minor adjustments, see commit a75a1a52). I'm also closing the relevant bug reports.
Regards, Stefano
