Eric Blake <e...@byu.net> writes: > According to James Youngman on 2/20/2010 5:01 PM: >> $ for p in automake autoconf ; do $p --version; done >> automake (GNU automake) 1.9.6 > > There's your problem. It's time for an upgrade, particularly since all > released versions of automake except 1.10.3 and 1.11.1 have a security > vulnerability. Meanwhile, by updating automake, the use of MKDIR_P will > start working for you.
Gnulib's DEPENDENCIES says automake 1.9.6 is fine. I think Bruno's workaround is better than incrementing the required minimum version, if this problem is the only reason why automake > 1.9.6 would be required by gnulib. /Simon
