should an empty "pkgdata_DATA" cause creation of $(pkgdatadir) by "make install"? (was: Re: [PATCH] gnulib-tool: fix imprecise comments)

[Stefano Lattarini]

[CC:ing Ralf, as I'd like to hear his opinion here]

Reference:
 <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2012-03/msg00078.html>

On 03/13/2012 01:14 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>
> Now that I think about it, I'm not sure whether it was done "by design" from
> the beginning,
>
And I also missed Ralf's answer here:

 <http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.gsasl.general/52>

So we're in a sort of a tie here: some users think that the current Automake
behaviour is a feature (and I lean toward that position), other ones (with
Ralf among them, apparently) believe it's a bug.  Hmmm.  What now?

Regards,
  Stefano