Hello, On 2017-07-20, Michael Haubenwallner <michael.haubenwall...@ssi-schaefer.com> wrote: > * lib/autoconf/general.m4 (AC_CONFIG_LIBOBJ_DIR): Have config.status > create $top_builddir/LIBOBJ_DIR by INIT-CMDS, to support out of source > builds even when nothing else does create $top_builddir/LIBOBJ_DIR. > Based on discussion in https://github.com/westes/flex/issues/244. > --- > lib/autoconf/general.m4 | 4 +++- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/lib/autoconf/general.m4 b/lib/autoconf/general.m4 > index f783404..4b152df 100644 > --- a/lib/autoconf/general.m4 > +++ b/lib/autoconf/general.m4 > @@ -3014,8 +3014,10 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_CHECK_DECLS_ONCE], > # AC_CONFIG_LIBOBJ_DIR(DIRNAME) > # ----------------------------- > # Announce LIBOBJ replacement files are in $top_srcdir/DIRNAME. > +# Creating $top_builddir/DIRNAME is for out of source builds. > AC_DEFUN_ONCE([AC_CONFIG_LIBOBJ_DIR], > -[m4_divert_text([DEFAULTS], [ac_config_libobj_dir=$1])]) > +[m4_divert_text([DEFAULTS], [ac_config_libobj_dir=$1])dnl > +AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS(,,[\$MKDIR_P "$ac_config_libobj_dir"])])
This is probably a good idea in principle, but the fix should probably be done in Automake, since the actual failure is really an Automake issue. I suggest that Automake should simply create all the build directories it normally would regardless of whether or not dependency tracking is enabled. Cheers, Nick
