* Harald Dunkel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
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> Package: automake1.9
> Version: 1.9.4-1
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> aclocal of automake1.[89] produces some ugly warning messages:
> 
> /usr/share/aclocal/vorbis.m4:9: warning: underquoted definition of 
> XIPH_PATH_VORBIS
> ~  run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
> ~  or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
> /usr/share/aclocal/pkg.m4:5: warning: underquoted definition of 
> PKG_CHECK_MODULES
> /usr/share/aclocal/ogg.m4:8: warning: underquoted definition of 
> XIPH_PATH_OGG
> /usr/share/aclocal/lirc.m4:15: warning: underquoted definition of 
> AC_PATH_LIRC
> /usr/share/aclocal/gtk.m4:7: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_GTK
> /usr/share/aclocal/glib.m4:8: warning: underquoted definition of 
> AM_PATH_GLIB
> /usr/share/aclocal/aalib.m4:12: warning: underquoted definition of 
> AM_PATH_AALIB
> 
> 
> If I install the official automake
> 
> ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/automake/automake-1.9.4.tar.bz2
> 
> in /usr/local, then there is no such problem. automake1.7
> does not complain, either.

automake1.7 may not complain, but I don't believe that the upstream
source does not. There are basically no differences between my deb and
upstream source. Check again.

> Obviously it is not reasonable to file a bug against each
> package dropping a file in /usr/share/aclocal. Maybe there
> is a more general solution?

This is exactly the right solution. Just as autoconf got more strict
with it's quoting, so is automake. I would file a minor severity bug
against all those packages, with patches attached hopefully. 

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