Re: conditional install dirs vs. mkdir_p

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "Ralf" == Ralf Corsepius <address@hidden> writes:

[...]

 >> I'm installing the following patch on HEAD and branch-1-8.

 Ralf> This patch seems to remedy the problem above, but there
 Ralf> seems to be more:
[...]
 Ralf> => automake tries to create the directory, though it is not used.

 Ralf> This only happens if using include_HEADERS, but doesn't happen with my 1
 Ralf> example (include_foo_HEADERS). 

 Ralf> Wouldn't rewriting the installation rules into something similar to
 Ralf> this:
 Ralf> if test x'$(xxx_HEADERS)' != x; then mkdir $xxxdir; \
 Ralf> list='$(xxx_HEADERS)'; for i in $$list; do \
 Ralf> [..]
 Ralf> fi
 Ralf> help?

What do you thing of the suggestion I added to the top of TODO
with the previous patch?  (I.e, call install rules conditionally.)
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz