[debbugs-tracker] bug#24331: closed (mkdir_p definition in po/Makefile.in.in)

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> mkdir_p definition in po/Makefile.in.in
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> Mon, 29 Aug 2016 23:24:46 +0200 (CEST)
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> Alpine 2.20 (DEB 67 2015-01-07)
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> Greetings.
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> I'm planning to update the Debian package for diffutils.
> The current patches are here:
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> http://sources.debian.net/src/diffutils/1:3.3-3/debian/patches/
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> Clearly, these four:
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> 01-workaround-for-failing-gnulib-test
> 03-tune-compare-names-for-qsort
> 04-add-escapes-for-braces-in-perl-regex
> 99-config-guess-config-sub
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> are not required anymore.
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> But I'm in doubt about this one:
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> 02-fix-mkdir-p-definition-in-po-makefile-in-in
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> because it would apply cleanly to diffutils-3.5 if I keep it.
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> The problem such patch was supposed to fix was this one:
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> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-diffutils/2013-08/msg00010.html
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> and apparently the patch is not needed anymore.
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> So, to be sure: Would somebody know why the patch was required in
> diffutils-3.3 and not anymore in diffutils-3.5?
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> Thanks.
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> Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#24331: mkdir_p definition in po/Makefile.in.in
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> Santiago Vila wrote:
> > There must be some other reason. The Debian diffutils package does not
> > run autoreconf before compiling the package, as I still trust you GNU
> > people to provide a sane configure script.
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> Ah, I found it. The fix was to Automake, here:
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> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/automake.git/commit/?id=d90001e3a90ea37fe6866120eb96be7bed8ba66c
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> Since Jim used a new-enough Automake to build the diffutils 3.5 distribution, 
> you should be OK without 02-fix-mkdir-p-definition-in-po-makefile-in-in.
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