Re: builddir

[Russell Shaw]

On 15/11/10 01:10, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> Hello Russell,
>
> * Russell Shaw wrote on Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 02:49:07AM CET:
> > In a Makefile.in generated by automake 1.9.6, it defines
> > top_builddir ok, but builddir is used but not defined in there.
> >
> > This causes problems, because the automake manual says:
> >
> > — Variable: builddir
> >      Rigorously equal to ‘.’. Added for symmetry only.
>
> Automake 1.9.6 is very old.  Presumably you're using an ancient version
> of Autoconf too, please state which.  Normally I'd say upgrade and
> retry, but I might look at this if you post a small reproducer.

Hi,
I had a closer look at my system and found the debian alternatives
system was pointing at an old version. I set it right now thanks.