If AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR is not used, and version.texi is in a doc
directory, than "automake -a" installs mdate-sh in top_srcdir, but the
Makefile.in in the doc directory tries to use mdate-sh in srcdir,
which mdate-sh does not exist.
One approach to a fix is to use mdate-sh in top_srcdir, and I include
a patch for that solution below. Installing mdate-sh in the doc
directory would work instead.
--- automake-1.4f.orig/automake.in
+++ automake-1.4f/automake.in
@@ -2863,7 +2863,7 @@
}
else
{
- $conf_dir = '$(srcdir)/';
+ $conf_dir = '$(top_srcdir)/';
}
$output_rules .= &file_contents ('texi-vers',
('TEXI' => $info_cursor,
--
Kevin Dalley
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