Re: Bug#378239: $(MKINSTALLDIRS) is set to non-existent file $(top_builddir)/./mkinstalldirs when used with automake 1.9 (fwd)

[Bruno Haible]

Hi Daniel and Santiago,

This is not a bug in GNU gettext.

Daniel Leidert wrote:
> Package: gettext
> Version: 0.14.6-1
> Severity: important
> 
> The following situation: A source with several po-subdirs in the form of
> $(top_srcdir)/src/plugin_$plugin/po

GNU gettext does support multiple PO directories under a single
configure.ac.

> (Makefile.in.in and other gettext files 
> there are freshly copied from /usr/share/gettext/po)

That's not the recommended way to install the files. You have the
'gettextize' and 'autopoint' programs. Choose among them depending
on whether you are upgrading to a new gettext version (then use
gettextize) or retrieving redundant files (then use autopoint).

> The configure.ac file contains the following relevant macros:
> 
> ALL_LINGUAS="da de es fi fr it ja no pl pt pt_BR ru sr sv tr zh_CN zh_TW"
> AC_SUBST(ALL_LINGUAS)

For several years already, this syntax in configure.ac is not documented
any more. Use po/LINGUAS files instead (one such file per PO directory).

> GETTEXT_PACKAGE=AC_PACKAGE_NAME
> AC_SUBST(GETTEXT_PACKAGE)
> AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT

AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT is not part of GNU gettext. Complain to whomever
maintains (or does not maintain) that macro. Or use AM_GNU_GETTEXT.

Bruno