--- po/Makefile.in.in.old	2003-09-24 00:12:25.000000000 +0530
+++ po/Makefile.in.in	2011-02-09 10:58:05.665463729 +0530
@@ -26,8 +26,18 @@
 
 INSTALL = @INSTALL@
 INSTALL_DATA = @INSTALL_DATA@
-MKINSTALLDIRS = @MKINSTALLDIRS@
-mkinstalldirs = $(SHELL) $(MKINSTALLDIRS)
+
+# We use $(mkdir_p).
+# In automake <= 1.9.x, $(mkdir_p) is defined either as "mkdir -p --" or as
+# "$(mkinstalldirs)" or as "$(install_sh) -d". For these automake versions,
+# @install_sh@ does not start with $(SHELL), so we add it.
+# In automake >= 1.10, @mkdir_p@ is derived from ${MKDIR_P}, which is defined
+# either as "/path/to/mkdir -p" or ".../install-sh -c -d". For these automake
+# versions, $(mkinstalldirs) and $(install_sh) are unused.
+mkinstalldirs = $(SHELL) @install_sh@ -d
+install_sh = $(SHELL) @install_sh@
+MKDIR_P = @MKDIR_P@
+mkdir_p = mkdir -p
 
 GMSGFMT = @GMSGFMT@
 MSGFMT = @MSGFMT@
@@ -137,7 +147,7 @@
 install-exec:
 install-data: install-data-@USE_NLS@
 	if test "$(PACKAGE)" = "gettext-tools"; then \
-	  $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(gettextsrcdir); \
+	  $(mkdir_p) $(DESTDIR)$(gettextsrcdir); \
 	  for file in $(DISTFILES.common) Makevars.template; do \
 	    $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/$$file \
 			    $(DESTDIR)$(gettextsrcdir)/$$file; \
@@ -150,13 +160,13 @@
 	fi
 install-data-no: all
 install-data-yes: all
-	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)
+	$(mkdir_p) $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)
 	@catalogs='$(CATALOGS)'; \
 	for cat in $$catalogs; do \
 	  cat=`basename $$cat`; \
 	  lang=`echo $$cat | sed -e 's/\.gmo$$//'`; \
 	  dir=$(localedir)/$$lang/LC_MESSAGES; \
-	  $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$$dir; \
+	  $(mkdir_p) $(DESTDIR)$$dir; \
 	  if test -r $$cat; then realcat=$$cat; else realcat=$(srcdir)/$$cat; fi; \
 	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $$realcat $(DESTDIR)$$dir/$(DOMAIN).mo; \
 	  echo "installing $$realcat as $(DESTDIR)$$dir/$(DOMAIN).mo"; \
@@ -196,19 +206,19 @@
 installdirs-exec:
 installdirs-data: installdirs-data-@USE_NLS@
 	if test "$(PACKAGE)" = "gettext-tools"; then \
-	  $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(gettextsrcdir); \
+	  $(mkdir_p) $(DESTDIR)$(gettextsrcdir); \
 	else \
 	  : ; \
 	fi
 installdirs-data-no:
 installdirs-data-yes:
-	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)
+	$(mkdir_p) $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)
 	@catalogs='$(CATALOGS)'; \
 	for cat in $$catalogs; do \
 	  cat=`basename $$cat`; \
 	  lang=`echo $$cat | sed -e 's/\.gmo$$//'`; \
 	  dir=$(localedir)/$$lang/LC_MESSAGES; \
-	  $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$$dir; \
+	  $(mkdir_p) $(DESTDIR)$$dir; \
 	  for lc in '' $(EXTRA_LOCALE_CATEGORIES); do \
 	    if test -n "$$lc"; then \
 	      if (cd $(DESTDIR)$(localedir)/$$lang && LC_ALL=C ls -l -d $$lc 2>/dev/null) | grep ' -> ' >/dev/null; then \
@@ -343,9 +353,7 @@
 
 Makefile: Makefile.in.in $(top_builddir)/config.status @POMAKEFILEDEPS@
 	cd $(top_builddir) \
-	  && CONFIG_FILES=$(subdir)/$@.in CONFIG_HEADERS= \
-	       $(SHELL) ./config.status
-
+	  && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@.in po-directories
 force:
 
 # Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make not to export all variables.