URL: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?68866>
Summary: configure.ac: drop some `AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS` once
we're using Automake 1.20
Group: GNU roff
Submitter: gbranden
Submitted: Sat 31 Oct 2026 05:01:47 PM UTC
Category: General
Severity: 1 - Wish
Item Group: Build/Installation
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Unlocked
Planned Release: None
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Date: Sat 31 Oct 2026 05:01:47 PM UTC By: G. Branden Robinson <gbranden>
commit 7859b81e7384a001e58583a072f4e817528acc23 (HEAD -> master)
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
Date: Sat Oct 31 11:59:42 2026 -0500
configure.ac: Annotate.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 521505313..9024d83a4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -222,6 +222,11 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([test-groff], [chmod +x test-groff])
# Work around major headaches caused by the conjunction of Automake,
# Bison, and out-of-tree builds.
+#
+# TODO: This might be removable once we're using Automake 1.20.
+# "lex and yacc rules now create output directories before generating
+# sources, fixing out-of-tree builds with subdir-objects and
+# --disable-dependency-tracking. (bug#27188, Debian bug#807050)"
AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS([mkdir-bison-paths], [
AS_MKDIR_P(["$ac_pwd/src/preproc/pic"])
AS_MKDIR_P(["$ac_pwd/src/preproc/eqn"])
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=27188
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