Re: CentOS 7 and %reldir% not replaced?

[Bruno Haible]

Mike Frysinger wrote:
> your automake version is too old.  %reldir% was introduced in 1.14.
> from your log:
> > ---> Package automake.noarch 0:1.13.4-3.el7 will be installed

Thanks for the analysis. Let me document it (patch below).

Automake 1.14 was release more than 8.5 years ago. It's a reasonable
assumption, see https://repology.org/project/automake/versions .


2022-02-20  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>

        Document that Automake ≥ 1.14 is needed (regression 2021-12-15).
        Reported by Simon Josefsson and Mike Frysinger in
        <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2022-02/msg00010.html>.
        * DEPENDENCIES (Automake): Require version 1.14 or newer.

diff --git a/DEPENDENCIES b/DEPENDENCIES
index 5e82be4e2a..23fa1f5a8b 100644
--- a/DEPENDENCIES
+++ b/DEPENDENCIES
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ at any time.
   + Download:
     https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/
 
-* Automake 1.11.1 or newer.
+* Automake 1.14 or newer.
   + Mandatory.
   + Homepage:
     https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/