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". Regards, Stefano