GNU bug report logs - #11030
should an empty "pkgdata_DATA" cause creation of $(pkgdatadir) by "make install"?

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Message #11 received at 11030 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>
To: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>
Cc: 11030 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
	"automake-patches <at> gnu.org" <automake-patches <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#11030: should an empty "pkgdata_DATA" cause creation of
	$(pkgdatadir) by "make install"?
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 08:03:02 +0100

On 03/17/2012 06:16 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> [dropping automake, adding automake-patches]
> 
> On 03/16/2012 11:04 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>>
>> You have convinced me that this behaviour is more a bug than a feature.
>>
> And here is a patch (for maint) that should settle the issue.  I will push by
> tomorrow if there is no objection.
>
And consider the hunk below squashed in.

Regards,
  Stefano

diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index 5420fbc..8b5cdb9 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@
   "important" command it runs.  The printed commands should be preceded
   by a single space.

+* Ensure install rules do not create any installation directory where
+  nothing is to be actually installed.  See automake bug#11030.
+
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 = Editing automake.in and aclocal.in

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