Re: automake >= 1.11.4 aclocal misses ../share/aclocal

2012-04-24 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Hi Ralf, thanks for the report. On 04/24/2012 11:45 AM, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > Hi, > > automake >= 1.11.4 doesn't create $(datadir)/aclocal. > > This cause aclocal to fail: > > tar xvf automake-1.11.4.tar.xz > cd automake-1.11.4 > configure --prefix=/tmp/foo > make > make install > > Change t

automake >= 1.11.4 aclocal misses ../share/aclocal

2012-04-24 Thread Ralf Corsepius
Hi, automake >= 1.11.4 doesn't create $(datadir)/aclocal. This cause aclocal to fail: tar xvf automake-1.11.4.tar.xz cd automake-1.11.4 configure --prefix=/tmp/foo make make install Change to the source directory of an arbitrary automake-based package and run /tmp/foo/bin/aclocal aclocal: c

Re: bug#11323: automake-1.11.4 regression

2012-04-24 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 04/24/2012 11:04 AM, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > > Let me elaborate. previously it was possible to do something of this kind: > > if FEATURE0 > mystatedir = $(pkglocalstatedir) > mystate_DATA = > > if FEATURE01 > mystate_DATA += xxx > endif > if FEATURE02 > mystate_DATA += yyy > endif > endif > T

Re: bug#11323: automake-1.11.4 regression

2012-04-24 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 04/24/2012 10:49 AM, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > >> 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-

Re: bug#11323: automake-1.11.4 regression

2012-04-24 Thread Miles Bader
Ralf Corsepius writes: > -EFAILMAINTAINER No need to be obnoxious. > 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! I think some ac

Re: bug#11323: automake-1.11.4 regression

2012-04-24 Thread Ralf Corsepius
On 04/24/2012 10:49 AM, Ralf Corsepius wrote: On 04/24/2012 10:34 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: See also: -EFAILMAINTAINER a) This kind of changes is inappropriate within a release

Re: bug#11323: automake-1.11.4 regression

2012-04-24 Thread Ralf Corsepius
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 = Wit