[Rpm-maint] [patch] rpm auto* updates

[Panu Matilainen]

On Sun, 5 Aug 2007, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Panu asked me to assist rpm.org on rpm's autotool-usage/configuration.
>
> To be able to getting deeper into cleaning up rpm's auto*-configuration,
> I'd propose to get rid of several auto*-anachronisms rpm currently uses.

Yeah, rpm's auto*stuff is just horribly broken in various ways.

> As an initial step, the patch below contains a few more or less cosmetic
> cleanups which should not cause any major behavioral changes.
>
> Changes:
> - Replace INCLUDES with AM_CPPFLAGS
>  (INCLUDES has been replaced by AM_CPPFLAGS and is deprecated in
>  modern automakes for several years)
> - Require autoconf-2.61 and automake-1.10
>  (already required by autogen.sh)
> - update mkinstalldirs with the version from automake-1.10
>  (The version in rpm is ancient and known to be bugged)

Applied, thanks. Glad to see you here! :)

 	- Panu -