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)'), + for better backward-compatibility. Regards, Stefano