Eric Blake wrote:
> > automake (GNU automake) 1.9.6
>
> There's your problem. It's time for an upgrade ...
Upgrading autoconf instead of automake would also help. James' problem
- can be reproduced with automake 1.9.6, autoconf 2.61,
- is corrected with automake 1.9.6, autoconf 2.62 .. 2.65,
- is corrected with automake 1.10, autoconf 2.60 .. 2.65.
The reason is that the definition of AC_PROG_MKDIR_P in autoconf 2.62 has
this piece of code:
dnl status.m4 does special magic for MKDIR_P instead of AC_SUBST,
dnl to get relative names right. However, also AC_SUBST here so
dnl that Automake versions before 1.10 will pick it up (they do not
dnl trace AC_SUBST_TRACE).
dnl FIXME: Remove this once we drop support for Automake < 1.10.
AC_SUBST([MKDIR_P])dnl
but autoconf 2.61 does not have it. I'm applying this fix to gnulib:
2010-02-20 Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org>
Restore support for automake 1.9.6 with autoconf 2.61.
* m4/gnulib-common.m4 (AC_PROG_MKDIR_P): Ensure MKDIR_P is AC_SUBSTed.
Reported by James Youngman <j...@gnu.org>.
--- m4/gnulib-common.m4.orig Sun Feb 21 03:27:01 2010
+++ m4/gnulib-common.m4 Sun Feb 21 03:26:48 2010
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# gnulib-common.m4 serial 12
+# gnulib-common.m4 serial 13
dnl Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -61,9 +61,16 @@
[AS_IF([test x"AS_VAR_GET([$1])" = x""$2], [$3], [$4])])])
# AC_PROG_MKDIR_P
-# is a backport of autoconf-2.60's AC_PROG_MKDIR_P.
-# Remove this macro when we can assume autoconf >= 2.60.
-m4_ifdef([AC_PROG_MKDIR_P], [], [
+# is a backport of autoconf-2.60's AC_PROG_MKDIR_P, with a fix
+# for interoperability with automake-1.9.6 from autoconf-2.62.
+# Remove this macro when we can assume autoconf >= 2.62 or
+# autoconf >= 2.60 && automake >= 1.10.
+m4_ifdef([AC_PROG_MKDIR_P], [
+ dnl For automake-1.9.6 && autoconf < 2.62: Ensure MKDIR_P is AC_SUBSTed.
+ m4_define([AC_PROG_MKDIR_P],
+ m4_defn([AC_PROG_MKDIR_P])[
+ AC_SUBST([MKDIR_P])])], [
+ dnl For autoconf < 2.60: Backport of AC_PROG_MKDIR_P.
AC_DEFUN_ONCE([AC_PROG_MKDIR_P],
[AC_REQUIRE([AM_PROG_MKDIR_P])dnl defined by automake
MKDIR_P='$(mkdir_p)'
