Re: GNU Automake 1.12.1 released

2012-07-09 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 07/09/2012 12:04 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: > Stefano Lattarini wrote: > >> - - Automake generated Makefiles define once again the $(mkdir_p) make >> -variable (simple ans an alias for $(MKDIR_P)), for better backward >> -compatibility. The '@mkdir_p@' substitution is however not en

Re: GNU Automake 1.12.1 released

2012-07-09 Thread Jim Meyering
Stefano Lattarini wrote: > On 07/09/2012 11:45 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> On 07/09/2012 11:17 AM, Jim Meyering wrote: - - The long-obsolete (since automake 1.10) @mkdir_p@ configure-time -substitution and AM_PROG_MKDIR m4 macro will be removed in Automake -1.13.

Re: GNU Automake 1.12.1 released

2012-07-09 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 07/09/2012 11:45 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > On 07/09/2012 11:17 AM, Jim Meyering wrote: >>> >>> - - The long-obsolete (since automake 1.10) @mkdir_p@ configure-time >>> -substitution and AM_PROG_MKDIR m4 macro will be removed in Automake >>> -1.13. The $(mkdir_p) should still remai

Re: GNU Automake 1.12.1 released

2012-07-09 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 07/09/2012 11:17 AM, Jim Meyering wrote: >> >> - - The long-obsolete (since automake 1.10) @mkdir_p@ configure-time >> -substitution and AM_PROG_MKDIR m4 macro will be removed in Automake >> -1.13. The $(mkdir_p) should still remain available for the moment >> -though. >> + - The

Re: GNU Automake 1.12.1 released

2012-07-09 Thread Jim Meyering
Stefano Lattarini wrote: > On 07/09/2012 09:22 AM, Jim Meyering wrote: >> >> Hi Stefano, >> >> I see that @mkdir_p@ is used in gettext's Makefile.in.in template: >> >> # We use $(mkdir_p). >> # In automake <= 1.9.x, $(mkdir_p) is defined either as "mkdir -p --" or as >> # "$(mkinstalldirs)" o

Re: GNU Automake 1.12.1 released

2012-07-09 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 07/09/2012 09:22 AM, Jim Meyering wrote: > > Hi Stefano, > > I see that @mkdir_p@ is used in gettext's Makefile.in.in template: > > # We use $(mkdir_p). > # In automake <= 1.9.x, $(mkdir_p) is defined either as "mkdir -p --" or as > # "$(mkinstalldirs)" or as "$(install_sh) -d". For thes

Re: GNU Automake 1.12.1 released

2012-07-09 Thread Jim Meyering
Stefano Lattarini wrote: > On 07/06/2012 12:10 AM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: >> Il 05/07/2012 11:26, Stefano Lattarini ha scritto: >>> How so? Removal of $(mkdir_p) is only planned for Automake 1.13, that is >>> still unreleased. >> >> Ehm Stefano, that's definitely not the case, I've been hitting

Re: GNU Automake 1.12.1 released

2012-07-06 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 07/06/2012 01:40 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > On 07/06/2012 01:05 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> >> Grrr, the second patch doesn't work on systems (like NetBSD 5.1) where >> "mkdir -p" is not deemed good enough, and "install-sh -d" is used >> instead: >>[SNIP] >> Anyway, I've verified tha

Re: GNU Automake 1.12.1 released

2012-07-06 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 07/06/2012 01:05 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > > Grrr, the second patch doesn't work on systems (like NetBSD 5.1) where > "mkdir -p" is not deemed good enough, and "install-sh -d" is used > instead: >[SNIP] > Anyway, I've verified that this is *not* a regression (at least w.r.t > Automake 1

Re: GNU Automake 1.12.1 released

2012-07-06 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 07/06/2012 10:26 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > Hi Diego. > > On 07/06/2012 12:10 AM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: >> Il 05/07/2012 11:26, Stefano Lattarini ha scritto: >>> How so? Removal of $(mkdir_p) is only planned for Automake 1.13, that is >>> still unreleased. >> >> Ehm Stefano, that's def

Re: GNU Automake 1.12.1 released

2012-07-06 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Hi Diego. On 07/06/2012 12:10 AM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: > Il 05/07/2012 11:26, Stefano Lattarini ha scritto: >> How so? Removal of $(mkdir_p) is only planned for Automake 1.13, that is >> still unreleased. > > Ehm Stefano, that's definitely not the case, I've been hitting that > issue in Gen