Re: Use "$(MKDIR_P) sys", not race-prone "test -d sys || mkdir sys".

[James Youngman]

On 1/22/07, Bruno Haible <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > 2007-01-22  James Youngman  <address@hidden>
> > >
> > >         * m4/gnulib-common.m4 (AC_PROG_MKDIR_P): If AC_PROG_MKDIR_P
> > >         is already provided, call AC_SUBST on MKDIR_P anyway, since
> > >         the version of AC_PROG_MKDIR_P in Autoconf-2.61 (at least)
> > >         doesn't do that.
>
> Actually, this patch had no effect at all.

Well, maybe not for you.  It had solved (worked around, perhaps) the
problem for me.

> The AC_SUBST was apparently ignored.
> So I backed it out and added the following instead. Tested with
>
>      autoconf  | 2.59 | 2.60, 2.61 |
>   automake     |      |            |
>   -------------+------+------------+
>   1.9, 1.9.6   |  OK  |     OK     |
>   -------------+------+------------+
>   1.10         | N/A  |     OK     |
>   -------------+------+------------+

Yes, this also works for me (i.e. CVS head findutils now builds again
with Automake 1.9.6 and Autoconf 2.61).

James.