Re: builddir

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello Russell,

* Russell Shaw wrote on Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 02:49:07AM CET:
> In a Makefile.in generated by automake 1.9.6, it defines
> top_builddir ok, but builddir is used but not defined in there.
> 
> This causes problems, because the automake manual says:
> 
> — Variable: builddir
>     Rigorously equal to ‘.’. Added for symmetry only.

Automake 1.9.6 is very old.  Presumably you're using an ancient version
of Autoconf too, please state which.  Normally I'd say upgrade and
retry, but I might look at this if you post a small reproducer.

Thanks,
Ralf