Re: automake-1.4-p2 installdirs target bug

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Bruno" == Bruno Haible <address@hidden> writes:

Bruno> If an "installdir-local" target is added to a Makefile.am,
Bruno> "make installdirs" will not execute it, violating the
Bruno> documentation which says

Bruno>     "However, various useful targets have a `-local' version
Bruno>     you can specify in your `Makefile.in'.  Automake will
Bruno>     supplement the standard target with these user-supplied
Bruno>     targets."

That doc is informative, not normative.  Not every target has a -local
rule.

Currently the only local rules are the ones people have asked for.
That isn't a very good way to do this though.
I agree this ought to be possible.

Bruno> I need to explicitly add
Bruno> installdirs: installdirs-local
Bruno> but I think automake should generate that dependency itself.

I haven't read the Makefile.am in question.
Often people choose to do something like this:

    htmldir = whatever
    html_DATA = stuff

Then the normal installdirs will make htmldir for you.

Bruno> - take gettext-0.10.38,

Where is this?

Tom