--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+2012-12-23  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+	gettext: avoid obsolete macro AM_PROG_MKDIR_P
+	It is obsolete and is planned to be removed from Automake 1.14; see
+	<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-12/msg00029.html>.
+	* build-aux/po/Makefile.in.in (install-data, install-data-yes)
+	(installdirs-data, installdirs-data-yes):
+	Use $(MKDIR_P), not $(mkdir_p).
+	* m4/intl.m4 (AM_INTL_SUBDIR):
+	* m4/po.m4 (AM_PO_SUBDIRS):
+	Require AC_PROG_MKDIR_P, not AM_PROG_MKDIR_P.
+
 2012-12-22  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
 	argp: port new 'inline' approach to Sun C 5.12 + Solaris 10

--- a/build-aux/po/Makefile.in.in
+++ b/build-aux/po/Makefile.in.in
@@ -32,13 +32,16 @@
 INSTALL = @INSTALL@
 INSTALL_DATA = @INSTALL_DATA@
 
-# We use $(mkdir_p).
+# Define $(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.
+# Gnulib provides a backport of autoconf 2.60's AC_PROG_MKDIR_P,
+# with a fix from autoconf 2.62 for interoperability with automake 1.9.6,
+# so use $(MKDIR_P) in the rest of this makefile.
 mkinstalldirs = $(SHELL) @install_sh@ -d
 install_sh = $(SHELL) @install_sh@
 MKDIR_P = @MKDIR_P@
@@ -212,7 +215,7 @@
 install-exec:
 install-data: install-data-@USE_NLS@
 	if test "$(PACKAGE)" = "gettext-tools"; then \
-	  $(mkdir_p) $(DESTDIR)$(gettextsrcdir); \
+	  $(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(gettextsrcdir); \
 	  for file in $(DISTFILES.common) Makevars.template; do \
 	    $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/$$file \
 			    $(DESTDIR)$(gettextsrcdir)/$$file; \
@@ -230,7 +233,7 @@
 	  cat=`basename $$cat`; \
 	  lang=`echo $$cat | sed -e 's/\.gmo$$//'`; \
 	  dir=$(localedir)/$$lang/LC_MESSAGES; \
-	  $(mkdir_p) $(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)$$dir/$(DOMAIN).mo"; \
@@ -271,7 +274,7 @@
 installdirs-exec:
 installdirs-data: installdirs-data-@USE_NLS@
 	if test "$(PACKAGE)" = "gettext-tools"; then \
-	  $(mkdir_p) $(DESTDIR)$(gettextsrcdir); \
+	  $(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(gettextsrcdir); \
 	else \
 	  : ; \
 	fi
@@ -282,7 +285,7 @@
 	  cat=`basename $$cat`; \
 	  lang=`echo $$cat | sed -e 's/\.gmo$$//'`; \
 	  dir=$(localedir)/$$lang/LC_MESSAGES; \
-	  $(mkdir_p) $(DESTDIR)$$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 \

--- a/m4/intl.m4
+++ b/m4/intl.m4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# intl.m4 serial 17c
+# intl.m4 serial 17d
 dnl Copyright (C) 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 AC_DEFUN([AM_INTL_SUBDIR],
 [
   AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_INSTALL])dnl
-  AC_REQUIRE([AM_PROG_MKDIR_P])dnl defined by automake
+  AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_MKDIR_P])dnl
   AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CC])dnl
   AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])dnl
   AC_REQUIRE([gt_GLIBC2])dnl

--- a/m4/po.m4
+++ b/m4/po.m4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# po.m4 serial 17b
+# po.m4 serial 17c
 dnl Copyright (C) 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 [
   AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_MAKE_SET])dnl
   AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_INSTALL])dnl
-  AC_REQUIRE([AM_PROG_MKDIR_P])dnl defined by automake
+  AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_MKDIR_P])dnl
   AC_REQUIRE([AM_NLS])dnl
 
   dnl Release version of the gettext macros. This is used to ensure that