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Re: MKDIR_P vs. mkdir_p and automake versions
From: |
Stepan Kasal |
Subject: |
Re: MKDIR_P vs. mkdir_p and automake versions |
Date: |
Tue, 13 May 2008 10:37:16 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) |
Hello,
> On Mon, 2008-05-12 at 11:22 -0400, David Bruce wrote:
> > "MKDIR_P" is recommended but requires automake-1.10 or higher. [...]
> > is there an acceptable workaround?
forgive me stating the obvious, but the workaround is to use
$(mkdir_p). It will work in Automake 1.10.x, perhaps even longer.
> sure that the custom rules in your `Makefile's use `$(MKDIR_P)'
> and not `$(mkdir_p)'. Even if both variables still work, the
> latter should be considered obsolete.
When you encounter a problem with $(mkdir_p) in a future version of
Automake, AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.10]) will probably be no longer an
issue.
HTH,
Stepan Kasal