Re: Use $(MKDIR_P) instead of @MKDIR_P@

[Simon Josefsson]

Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:

> Simon Josefsson wrote:
>
>> Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>>> autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.61
>>>> automake (GNU automake) 1.9.6
>>>
>>> That is because your version of automake is so old.
>>> Use a newer one, if possible, preferably the latest: automake-1.11
>>
>> Gnulib's DEPENDENCIES says 1.9.6 or later is ok.  What features of newer
>> automake releases are required by gnulib?
>
> Hard to tell without having diagnosed his problem.  Maybe none.
> IMHO, automake-1.9.6 is not just a little bit too old,
> but prohibitively old, now.
>
> Would anyone object to increasing the minimum to automake-1.10?

Nope.  My daily build machine runs Ubuntu 8.04 LTS and it has automake
1.10.1 so I think bumping the requirement to that level is fine.  Moving
beyond 1.10.1 seems a bit early to me.

Btw, DEPENDENCIES also says autoconf 2.59.  Still ok?  For reference,
8.04 LTS has autoconf 2.61.

/Simon