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  • Hash : b51a9afe
    Author : Stefano Lattarini
    Date : 2012-02-22T10:12:02

    aclocal: don't create /usr/share/aclocal as empty
    
    Related to automake bug#10791.
    
    Since automake 1.11.2, aclocal no longer succeeds if the system
    acdir '${datadir}/aclocal' (i.e., "/usr/share/aclocal" when
    ${prefix} is "/usr") does not exist.  So we now have a directory
    *installed empty by default*, but whose existence is required by
    aclocal in order for it to function at all.  This might be
    confusing, and sounds like asking for trouble in the long term.
    
    So we now also install a simple README file in that directory,
    which briefly explains its purpose and warn that its existence
    is required by the normal aclocal functioning.
    
    * m4/acdir/README: New file.
    * m4/Makefile.am (dist_system_ac_DATA): Add it.
    * m4/acdir/.placeholder: Delete, no more needed.
    * m4/Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Remove it.
    * THANKS: Update.
    

  • README

  • This directory is where .m4 files providing third-party autoconf
    macros can be placed to be automatically found by the aclocal(1)
    program.
    
    The .m4 files placed here could be shared among different versions
    of aclocal, so be careful.
    
    Even no actual .m4 files are present, this directory is required
    in order for aclocal to work properly.  Please do not remove it.