Re: [Gtkpod-devel] libgpod configure problem

[Jorg S. <Jor...@gm...>]

On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 04:48:08PM +0200, Christophe Fergeau wrote:
> > if [ ! -f $srcdir/mkinstalldirs ]; then
> >     echo '******* WARNING *******'
> >     echo ./mkinstalldirs does not exist. If \'make install\' or \'make dist\' fails
> >     echo because of this, copy it from somewhere else AND RUN ./autogen.sh AGAIN.
> >     echo The gettext package on your system should contain a copy.
> >     echo You can determine its location with \'locate gettext/mkinstalldirs\'. 
> > fi
> > 
> > to ./autogen.sh. gettext brings its own mkinstalldirs, so just copy that if
> > necessary.
> 
> I think gnome-common handles that transparently to the user, for what
> it's worth, I have a /usr/share/automake-1.9/mkinstalldirs so I guess
> mkinstalldirs can be found with newer versions of automake...

I don't worry so much about the end user because mkinstalldirs will go into
the tar.gz package. If someone manages to download from CVS I believe he
will be able to copy the mkinstalldirs for himself, until, maybe in a couple
of years, gettext/intltools and automake will work nicely together again (as
far as I understand, automake does no longer install mkinstalldirs if 'mkdir
-p' exists. It sets $(MKINSTALLDIRS) to 'mkdir -p' and expects other
packages to use that variable. gettext/intltool or whatever does not seem to
comply, and I don't feel like doing more than this to sort that mess out).

I'll put your hint in concerning the gettext within automake, though.

Cheers,


JCS.