Restore support for automake 1.9.6 with autoconf 2.61.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5f955bf..f4b8b53 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 2010-02-20  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
+       Restore support for automake 1.9.6 with autoconf 2.61.
+       * m4/gnulib-common.m4 (AC_PROG_MKDIR_P): Ensure MKDIR_P is AC_SUBSTed.
+       Reported by James Youngman <jay@gnu.org>.
+
+2010-02-20  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
        Improve *printf warning condition.
        * lib/stdio.in.h (fprintf, printf, vfprintf, vprintf): Emit warning
        also if GNULIB_POSIXCHECK is defined, the *-posix module is not used,

diff --git a/m4/gnulib-common.m4 b/m4/gnulib-common.m4
index b7812a8..80ba263 100644 (file)
--- a/m4/gnulib-common.m4
+++ b/m4/gnulib-common.m4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# gnulib-common.m4 serial 12
+# gnulib-common.m4 serial 13
 dnl Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -61,9 +61,16 @@ m4_ifndef([AS_VAR_IF],
 [AS_IF([test x"AS_VAR_GET([$1])" = x""$2], [$3], [$4])])])
 
 # AC_PROG_MKDIR_P
-# is a backport of autoconf-2.60's AC_PROG_MKDIR_P.
-# Remove this macro when we can assume autoconf >= 2.60.
-m4_ifdef([AC_PROG_MKDIR_P], [], [
+# is a backport of autoconf-2.60's AC_PROG_MKDIR_P, with a fix
+# for interoperability with automake-1.9.6 from autoconf-2.62.
+# Remove this macro when we can assume autoconf >= 2.62 or
+# autoconf >= 2.60 && automake >= 1.10.
+m4_ifdef([AC_PROG_MKDIR_P], [
+  dnl For automake-1.9.6 && autoconf < 2.62: Ensure MKDIR_P is AC_SUBSTed.
+  m4_define([AC_PROG_MKDIR_P],
+    m4_defn([AC_PROG_MKDIR_P])[
+    AC_SUBST([MKDIR_P])])], [
+  dnl For autoconf < 2.60: Backport of AC_PROG_MKDIR_P.
   AC_DEFUN_ONCE([AC_PROG_MKDIR_P],
     [AC_REQUIRE([AM_PROG_MKDIR_P])dnl defined by automake
      MKDIR_P='$(mkdir_p)'