tags 10791 notabug close 10791 thanks On 02/22/2012 10:25 AM, Tim Retout wrote: > On 22 February 2012 08:26, Stefano Lattarini > <[email protected]> wrote: >>> But /usr/share/aclocal does not, because there are no third-party >>> m4 files required at the time that GNU Make was being compiled. >>> >> Weird; the directory is created unconditionally by automake's >> "make install". > > Yes, but this is new, so the Debian automake packaging (as it > currently stands) doesn't install that directory. Cowbuilder won't > remove empty directories. > Ah, OK, thanks for the info.
> Adding a README file will cause us problems if automake-1.11 and > automake-1.12 (say) are installed on the same system - who owns the > README? > Good point. Let's just drop my patch for now. > So I think we'll agree to just fix Debian's automake package. > Nice! :-) Regards, Stefano
