On 04/24/2012 10:34 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
tags 11323 notabug
close 11323
thanks
Hi Ralf.
On 04/24/2012 09:50 AM, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
Hi,
With automake< 1.11.4 it was possible to create empty directories this way:
Makefile.am:
mystatedir = $(pkglocalstatedir)
mystatedir_DATA =
With automake-1.11.4, this doesn't work anymore and silently breaks
existing Makefile.ams.
Not a regression, but an intended change,
I once more have to disagree with you:
This change is a critical behavioral regression, causes defective
packages and forces packagers to heavily hack their packages.
also documented in the NEWS
file:
- An empty declaration of a "foo_PRIMARY" don't cause anymore the
generated install rules to create an empty $(foodir) directory
and in the relevant news entry on Savannah:
<http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=7175>
See also:
<http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=11030>
-EFAILMAINTAINER
a) This kind of changes is inappropriate within a release series.
b) You don't seem to be aware about the harmfulness of this change of yours.
Please comprend that this change was a mistake and revert it!
Ralf
