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

[gnulib.git] / gnulib-tool

diff --git a/gnulib-tool b/gnulib-tool
index b30a0bb..78ad5a5 100755 (executable)
--- a/gnulib-tool
+++ b/gnulib-tool
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ Operation modes:
       --extract-maintainer         report the maintainer(s) inside gnulib
       --extract-tests-module       report the unit test module, if it exists
       --copy-file                  copy a file that is not part of any module
+      --help                Show this help text.
+      --version             Show version and authorship information.
 
 General options:
 
@@ -201,11 +203,8 @@ General options:
                             up files before looking in gnulib's directory.
       --cache-modules       Enable module caching optimization.
       --no-cache-modules    Disable module caching optimization.
-
       --verbose             Increase verbosity. May be repeated.
       --quiet               Decrease verbosity. May be repeated.
-      --help                Show this help text.
-      --version             Show version and authorship information.
 
 Options for --import, --add/remove-import, --update:
 
@@ -3349,8 +3348,12 @@ func_emit_lib_Makefile_am ()
     echo "noinst_HEADERS ="
     echo "noinst_LIBRARIES ="
     echo "noinst_LTLIBRARIES ="
-    # Automake versions < 1.9b create an empty pkgdatadir at installation time
-    # if you specify pkgdata_DATA to empty. This is a workaround.
+    # Automake versions < 1.11.4 create an empty pkgdatadir at
+    # installation time if you specify pkgdata_DATA to empty.
+    # See automake bugs #10997 and #11030:
+    #  * http://debbugs.gnu.org/10997
+    #  * http://debbugs.gnu.org/11030
+    # So we need this workaround.
     if grep '^pkgdata_DATA *+=' "$tmp"/allsnippets > /dev/null; then
       echo "pkgdata_DATA ="
     fi
@@ -3670,8 +3673,12 @@ func_emit_tests_Makefile_am ()
       echo "check_LIBRARIES = libtests.a"
     fi
   fi
-  # Automake versions < 1.9b create an empty pkgdatadir at installation time
-  # if you specify pkgdata_DATA to empty. This is a workaround.
+  # Automake versions < 1.11.4 create an empty pkgdatadir at
+  # installation time if you specify pkgdata_DATA to empty.
+  # See automake bugs #10997 and #11030:
+  #  * http://debbugs.gnu.org/10997
+  #  * http://debbugs.gnu.org/11030
+  # So we need this workaround.
   if grep '^pkgdata_DATA *+=' "$tmp"/main_snippets "$tmp"/longrunning_snippets > /dev/null; then
     echo "pkgdata_DATA ="
   fi