Subject: bug#11323: automake-1.11.4 regression

From: Ralf Corsepius <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:50:29 +0200

Hi,

With automake < 1.11.4 it was possible to create empty directories this way:

Makefile.am:
mystatedir = $(pkglocalstatedir)
mystatedir_DATA =

With automake-1.11.4, this doesn't work anymore and silently breaks 
existing Makefile.ams.

Ralf