Re: GNU Automake 1.12.1 released

[Jim Meyering]

Stefano Lattarini wrote:

> 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)'),

s/aliased/aliases/

>   +    for better backward-compatibility.
>
> Regards,
>   Stefano