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Re: automake does not install mkinstalldirs?
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Daniel Leidert |
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Re: automake does not install mkinstalldirs? |
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Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:04:27 +0100 |
Am Montag, den 12.03.2007, 09:45 +0100 schrieb Stephane Bortzmeyer:
> "automake --add-missing" installs what I want except mkinstalldirs:
>
> echoping/trunk/SRC % automake --add-missing
> echoping/trunk/SRC % ls -l mkinstalldirs
> ls: mkinstalldirs: No such file or directory
>
> Therefore, "make dist" fails.
>
> Of course, I can do a symlink myself but I wonder why does automake
> ignores this file?
>
> automake 1.9.6
automake >= 1.8 prefers mkdir over mkinstalldirs if available (otherwise
it uses AFAIK `install-sh -d' now) and doesn't copy/link mkinstalldirs
anymore. You would have to copy it yourself, if you still need it.
Regards, Daniel