Re: Use $(MKDIR_P) instead of @MKDIR_P@

[Jim Meyering]

Simon Josefsson wrote:

> Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:
>
>>> autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.61
>>> automake (GNU automake) 1.9.6
>>
>> That is because your version of automake is so old.
>> Use a newer one, if possible, preferably the latest: automake-1.11
>
> Gnulib's DEPENDENCIES says 1.9.6 or later is ok.  What features of newer
> automake releases are required by gnulib?

Hard to tell without having diagnosed his problem.  Maybe none.
IMHO, automake-1.9.6 is not just a little bit too old,
but prohibitively old, now.

Would anyone object to increasing the minimum to automake-1.10?