Re: GNU Automake 1.12.1 released

[Stefano Lattarini]

On 07/09/2012 11:45 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> On 07/09/2012 11:17 AM, Jim Meyering wrote:
>>>
>>> -  - The long-obsolete (since automake 1.10) @mkdir_p@ configure-time
>>> -    substitution and AM_PROG_MKDIR m4 macro will be removed in Automake
>>> -    1.13.  The $(mkdir_p) should still remain available for the moment
>>> -    though.
>>> +  - The long-obsolete (since automake 1.10) AM_PROG_MKDIR m4 macro will
>>> +    be removed in Automake 1.13.  The $(mkdir_p) make variable and the
>>> +    @mkdir_p@ substitution should still remain available (as aliases of
>>
>> "should" can imply doubt.  There is none.
>>
>> s/should still/will/
>>
> OK, consider this fixed.
> 
And consider the below squashed in:

  diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
  index eaab9d1..faf10c9 100644
  --- a/NEWS
  +++ b/NEWS
  @@ -107,13 +107,9 @@ Bugs fixed in 1.12.2:

   * Bugs introduced by 1.12.1:

  -  - Automake generated Makefiles define once again the $(mkdir_p) make
  -    variable (simple ans an alias for $(MKDIR_P)), for better backward
  -    compatibility.  The '@mkdir_p@' substitution is however not enabled
  -    by default anymore; anyone needing it should call the AM_PROG_MKDIR
  -    m4 macro explicitly (beware that this macro has been deprecated since
  -    the previous Automake release 1.12.1, and will be removed in Automake
  -    1.13).
  +  - Automake provides once again the '$(mkdir_p)' make variable and the
  +    '@mkdir_p@' substitution (both as simple aliased for '$(MKDIR_P)'),
  +    for better backward-compatibility.

Regards,
  Stefano