Hi,

In autoconf_2.60-2.65-alt1, I'd patched autoreconf to add gtkdocize
support the same way as we earlier added intltoolize support.
In short, autoreconf now recognizes GTK_DOC_CHECK macro as a signal to
invoke gtkdocize.

Due to some strange logic implemented in gtkdocize (as of
gtk-doc-1.13-alt1), it won't update gtk-doc.m4 file unless it finds an
AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR specifying where to install this file.  Unlike
autotools utilities, gtkdocize won't fall back to default macro location.

As result, if your package carries own outdated copy of gtk-doc.m4 and
configure.ac doesn't contain an AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR invocation in form
suitable for gtkdocize, then gtkdocize won't help you, unless you remove
this outdated gtk-doc.m4 copy from your package.

gtk-doc maintainer(s) might wish to file a bug about this odd gtk-doc
behaviour to gtk-doc's upstream.


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