A problem (bug) in automake (1.10 and earlier version)

[Peter Breitenlohner]

I have noticed the following problem (bug) in automake-1.10:

(1) A package (ImageMagick-6.3.0) uses configure to generate manpages with
substitutions (e.g., xxxx.1 from xxxx.1.in) but also distributes the
generated manpages from an older version (i.e., with wrong substitutions).

(2) The automake-generated rule to install manpages looks for the files to
install FIRST under ${srcdir} and THEN under the current directory.

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The effect of (1)+(2) is, that the manpages with the wrong substitutions are
installed.

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(1) is certainly not the right way to do things.

On the other hand I would think that (2) is equally wrong. Whenever a file
is to be installed, then the automake-generated rules should FIRST look for
that file in the current directory and THEN under ${srcdir}!

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Peter Breitenlohner <address@hidden>