Re: Bug#368502: autoconf: breaks existing build systems that use ${datadir}

[Ralf Wildenhues]

[ Cc:ing bug-autoconf ]

Hi Blake,

* Blake Barnett wrote on Mon, May 22, 2006 at 08:21:19PM CEST:
> Package: autoconf
> Version: 2.59.cvs.2006.05.13-1
> Severity: important
> 
> If configure.in uses ${datadir} for some reason this version of
> autoconf tries to replace it with ${datarootdir}, the variable doesn't
> get replaced (strace proves this).
> 
> Downgrading to version 2.59a-9 resolves this.

Thanks for the bug report.  This is documented, see NEWS, and due to
changes in the GNU Coding Standards.

That said, we've tried to ensure some backward compatibility and put
some measure in place that should try to not do the replacement if it
looks unsafe.

Could you show the specific example where and how it fails, so we can
reproduce this?

Thanks,
Ralf