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. The $(mkdir_p) should still remain available for the moment >>>> - though. >>>> + - The long-obsolete (since automake 1.10) AM_PROG_MKDIR m4 macro will >>>> + be removed in Automake 1.13. The $(mkdir_p) make variable and the >>>> + @mkdir_p@ substitution should still remain available (as aliases of >>> >>> "should" can imply doubt. There is none. >>> >>> s/should still/will/ >>> >> OK, consider this fixed. >> > And consider the below squashed in: > > diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS > index eaab9d1..faf10c9 100644 > --- a/NEWS > +++ b/NEWS > @@ -107,13 +107,9 @@ Bugs fixed in 1.12.2: > > * Bugs introduced by 1.12.1: > > - - Automake generated Makefiles define once again the $(mkdir_p) make > - variable (simple ans an alias for $(MKDIR_P)), for better backward > - compatibility. The '@mkdir_p@' substitution is however not enabled > - by default anymore; anyone needing it should call the AM_PROG_MKDIR > - m4 macro explicitly (beware that this macro has been deprecated since > - the previous Automake release 1.12.1, and will be removed in Automake > - 1.13). > + - Automake provides once again the '$(mkdir_p)' make variable and the > + '@mkdir_p@' substitution (both as simple aliased for '$(MKDIR_P)'),
s/aliased/aliases/ > + for better backward-compatibility. > > Regards, > Stefano