Hi Bruno. On 03/13/2012 11:51 AM, Bruno Haible wrote: > Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> * gnulib-tool (func_emit_lib_Makefile_am): It's not just Automake >> versions < 1.9b that creates an empty pkgdatadir at installation >> time if pkgdata_DATA is specified to empty; modern automake versions >> do this as well, and that's considered a feature, not a bug. Adjust >> a comment accordingly. >> (func_emit_tests_Makefile_am): Likewise. > > Thanks, please push. I didn't know that it was by design > Now that I think about it, I'm not sure whether it was done "by design" from the beginning, but it is definitely considered a feature today; see e.g.:
<http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=10997#13> Should I adjust the wording to remove the "by design" designation, or is that overkill? I will push by this evening if there's no answer by then. > when adding the workaround to gnulib-tool [1]. > > Bruno > > [1] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2006-08/msg00166.html > Thanks, Stefano
