Am Montag, den 12.03.2007, 09:45 +0100 schrieb Stephane Bortzmeyer: 
> "automake --add-missing" installs what I want except mkinstalldirs:
> 
> echoping/trunk/SRC % automake --add-missing          
> echoping/trunk/SRC % ls -l mkinstalldirs
> ls: mkinstalldirs: No such file or directory
> 
> Therefore, "make dist" fails.
> 
> Of course, I can do a symlink myself but I wonder why does automake
> ignores this file?
> 
> automake 1.9.6

automake >= 1.8 prefers mkdir over mkinstalldirs if available (otherwise
it uses AFAIK `install-sh -d' now) and doesn't copy/link mkinstalldirs
anymore. You would have to copy it yourself, if you still need it.

Regards, Daniel



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