-[AC_PREREQ([2.60])dnl
-AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_MKDIR_P])dnl
-dnl Automake 1.8 to 1.9.6 used to define mkdir_p. We now use MKDIR_P,
-dnl while keeping a definition of mkdir_p for backward compatibility.
-dnl @MKDIR_P@ is magic: AC_OUTPUT adjusts its value for each Makefile.
-dnl However we cannot define mkdir_p as $(MKDIR_P) for the sake of
-dnl Makefile.ins that do not define MKDIR_P, so we do our own
-dnl adjustment using top_builddir (which is defined more often than
-dnl MKDIR_P).
-AC_SUBST([mkdir_p], ["$MKDIR_P"])dnl
-case $mkdir_p in
- [[\\/$]]* | ?:[[\\/]]*) ;;
- */*) mkdir_p="\$(top_builddir)/$mkdir_p" ;;
-esac
-])
+[if mkdir -p --version . >/dev/null 2>&1 && test ! -d ./--version; then
+ # We used to keeping the `.' as first argument, in order to
+ # allow $(mkdir_p) to be used without argument. As in
+ # $(mkdir_p) $(somedir)
+ # where $(somedir) is conditionally defined. However this is wrong
+ # for two reasons:
+ # 1. if the package is installed by a user who cannot write `.'
+ # make install will fail,
+ # 2. the above comment should most certainly read
+ # $(mkdir_p) $(DESTDIR)$(somedir)
+ # so it does not work when $(somedir) is undefined and
+ # $(DESTDIR) is not.
+ # To support the latter case, we have to write
+ # test -z "$(somedir)" || $(mkdir_p) $(DESTDIR)$(somedir),
+ # so the `.' trick is pointless.
+ mkdir_p='mkdir -p --'
+else
+ # On NextStep and OpenStep, the `mkdir' command does not
+ # recognize any option. It will interpret all options as
+ # directories to create, and then abort because `.' already
+ # exists.
+ for d in ./-p ./--version;
+ do
+ test -d $d && rmdir $d
+ done
+ # $(mkinstalldirs) is defined by Automake if mkinstalldirs exists.
+ if test -f "$ac_aux_dir/mkinstalldirs"; then
+ mkdir_p='$(mkinstalldirs)'
+ else
+ mkdir_p='$(install_sh) -d'
+ fi
+fi
+AC_SUBST([mkdir_p])])