I noticed this while reading through the file to debug a different
issue. The grace period mentioned in the comment has elapsed.
* top/maint.mk (build_aux): Drop old code, as threatened.
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
2014-06-04 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
+ maintainer-makefile: delete obsolete code
+ * top/maint.mk (build_aux): Drop old code, as threatened.
+
maintainer-makefile: avoid spurious error messages
* top/maint.mk (syntax-check): Guard definition and use of
$(shell) by whether Makefile is present.
# ME := $(word $(words $(MAKEFILE_LIST)),$(MAKEFILE_LIST))
ME := maint.mk
-# Diagnostic for continued use of deprecated variable.
-# Remove in 2013
-ifneq ($(build_aux),)
- $(error "$(ME): \
-set $$(_build-aux) relative to $$(srcdir) instead of $$(build_aux)")
-endif
-
# Helper variables.
_empty =
_sp = $(_empty) $(_empty)