GNU bug report logs - #24331
mkdir_p definition in po/Makefile.in.in

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Package: diffutils;

Reported by: Santiago Vila <sanvila <at> unex.es>

Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 21:26:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 24331 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Santiago Vila <sanvila <at> unex.es>, 24331 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#24331: mkdir_p definition in po/Makefile.in.in
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 09:41:22 -0700

Santiago Vila wrote:
> So, to be sure: Would somebody know why the patch was required in
> diffutils-3.3 and not anymore in diffutils-3.5?

The patch apparently works around a problem where Automake doesn't AC_SUBST for 
mkdir_p. There was some talk of Automake removing support for mkdir_p (it's 
still listed as deprecated in the man page). Perhaps Debian Automake removed 
mkdir_p support at some point, and then reverted the removal? That would explain 
why you don't need the patch any more.
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