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