On 02/22/2012 09:26 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>
>> But /usr/share/aclocal does not, because there are no third-party
>> m4 files required at the time that GNU Make was being compiled.
>>
> Weird; the directory is created unconditionally by automake's
> "make install".  Might it be the fault of cowbuilder that it somehow
> removes empty directories when creating its chroot environment?
> 
If this is the case, it might be worth applying the attached patch...

Regards,
  Stefano