Package: automake Version: 1.11a VPATH build of a project using makeinfo fails if $(srcdir) isn't writable.
freundt@plutos:~/devel_freundt/datetools/=build> make /home/freundt/devel/datetools/git-version-gen .version >/dev/null make all-recursive make[1]: Entering directory `/home/guest/devel_freundt/datetools/=build' Making all in info make[2]: Entering directory `/home/guest/devel_freundt/datetools/=build/info' restore=: && backupdir=".am$$" && \ am__cwd=`pwd` && CDPATH="${ZSH_VERSION+.}:" && cd /home/freundt/devel/datetools/info && \ rm -rf $backupdir && mkdir $backupdir && \ if (/bin/sh /home/freundt/devel/datetools/missing --run makeinfo --version) >/dev/null 2>&1; then \ for f in /home/freundt/devel/datetools/info/datetools.info /home/freundt/devel/datetools/info/datetools.info-[0-9] /home/freundt/devel/datetools/info/datetools.info-[0-9][0-9] /home/freundt/devel/datetools/info/datetools.i[0-9] /home/freundt/devel/datetools/info/datetools.i[0-9][0-9]; do \ if test -f $f; then mv $f $backupdir; restore=mv; else :; fi; \ done; \ else :; fi && \ cd "$am__cwd"; \ if /bin/sh /home/freundt/devel/datetools/missing --run makeinfo -I /home/freundt/devel/datetools/info \ -o /home/freundt/devel/datetools/info/datetools.info /home/freundt/devel/datetools/info/datetools.texi; \ then \ rc=0; \ CDPATH="${ZSH_VERSION+.}:" && cd /home/freundt/devel/datetools/info; \ else \ rc=$?; \ CDPATH="${ZSH_VERSION+.}:" && cd /home/freundt/devel/datetools/info && \ $restore $backupdir/* `echo ".//home/freundt/devel/datetools/info/datetools.info" | sed 's|[^/]*$||'`; \ fi; \ rm -rf $backupdir; exit $rc mkdir: cannot create directory `.am20510': Permission denied /home/freundt/devel/datetools/info/datetools.info: Permission denied make[2]: *** [/home/freundt/devel/datetools/info/datetools.info] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/guest/devel_freundt/datetools/=build/info' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/guest/devel_freundt/datetools/=build' make: *** [all] Error 2 Expected behaviour: freundt@plutos:~/devel_freundt/datetools/=build> cd info freundt@plutos:~/devel_freundt/datetools/=build/info> makeinfo /home/freundt/devel/datetools/info/datetools.texi freundt@plutos:~/devel_freundt/datetools/=build/info> ls datetools.info Makefile Cheers Sebastian