Stefano Lattarini wrote: > On 09/12/2012 09:20 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: >> Stefano Lattarini wrote: >>> On 09/12/2012 06:04 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: >>>> I see that gettext (latest from git) still AC_REQUIRE's >>>> AM_PROG_MKDIR_P from its intl.m4 and po.m4 files, which >>>> are pulled into *many* projects. >>>> >>> I know. I sent a patch several months ago to gettext to fix that issue: >>> >>> <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gettext/2012-04/msg00018.html> >>> >>> and other peoples have reported the problem as well: >>> >>> <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gettext/2012-06/msg00012.html> >>> >>> but no answer/feedback has come. >>> >>> If gettext doesn't fix the issue, projects using it will have to put a >>> workaround in place themselves, like adding an AM_PROG_MKDIR_P definition >>> (simply as an alias to AC_PROG_MKDIR_P) in a local '.m4' file. Sorry. >> >> Even if gettext fixes it today, it will take months, if not years >> for the new version to reach developers. >> > That's why I sent the patch to gettext months ago, sigh :-( > >> Are you sure you want to force every automake-and-gettext-using project >> to adapt to what looks like a whim? >> >> Please reconsider. >> > OK, if someone sends a patch reverting the AM_PROG_MKDIR_P removal (with a > rationale in the commit message), I'll take it. But AM_PROG_MKDIR_P will > be dropped in 1.14, without further "ifs" or "buts".
Thank you. I will make time to prepare the patch.