gnulib-tool: fix imprecise comments w.r.t. an automake bug

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+2012-03-23  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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+       gnulib-tool: fix imprecise comments w.r.t. an automake bug
+
+       It's not just Automake versions < 1.9b that creates an empty
+       pkgdatadir at installation time if pkgdata_DATA is specified
+       to empty; modern automake versions do this as well, at least
+       until automake 1.11.4 (not yet released at the moment of writing,
+       but soon to appear).  That behaviour was generally considered a
+       feature rather than a bug, at least until this discussion:
+       <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-03/msg00014.html>
+
+       See also automake bugs #10997 and #11030.
+
+       * gnulib-tool (func_emit_lib_Makefile_am): Adjust comments.  Add
+       reference to relevant automake bug numbers.
+       (func_emit_tests_Makefile_am): Likewise.
+
 2012-03-20  Reuben Thomas  <rrt@sc3d.org>
 
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