On Sat, Feb 21, 2026 at 08:28:56AM +0000, Gavin Smith wrote: > The autoconf manual cautions against this usage of $(LN_S): > > If you make a link in a directory other than the current directory, > its meaning depends on whether ‘ln’ or ‘ln -s’ is used. To safely > create links using ‘$(LN_S)’, either find out which form is used > and adjust the arguments, or always invoke ‘ln’ in the directory > where the link is to be created. > > In other words, it does not work to do: > $(LN_S) foo /x/bar > > Instead, do: > > (cd /x && $(LN_S) foo bar) > > This rule for installing "makeinfo" is present in both > C/Makefile.am and perl/Makefile.am (as "install-data-hook").
I just commited a change as proposed by the automake documentation. -- Pat
