http://bugs.gentoo.org/423767

--- configure.in
+++ configure.in
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 dnl  Note that there's a copy of these options in the top-level Makefile.am,
 dnl  so update there too if changing anything.
 dnl
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 gnu no-dependencies parallel-tests dist-bzip2 no-dist-gzip dist-lzma])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 gnu no-dependencies parallel-tests dist-bzip2 no-dist-gzip dist-xz])
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h:config.in)
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 
@@ -208,8 +208,7 @@
 [enable_fat=no])
 
 # Work around an autoconf bug
-MKDIR_P=@mkdir_p@
-AC_SUBST(MKDIR_P)
+AC_PROG_MKDIR_P
 
 # Table of compilers, options, and mpn paths.  This code has various related
 # purposes
--- yasm/po/Makefile.in.in
+++ yasm/po/Makefile.in.in
@@ -32,17 +32,17 @@
 INSTALL = @INSTALL@
 INSTALL_DATA = @INSTALL_DATA@
 
-# We use $(mkdir_p).
-# In automake <= 1.9.x, $(mkdir_p) is defined either as "mkdir -p --" or as
+# 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
+# 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@
+MKDIR_P = @MKDIR_P@
 
 GMSGFMT_ = @GMSGFMT@
 GMSGFMT_no = @GMSGFMT@
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
 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; \
@@ -217,13 +217,13 @@
 	fi
 install-data-no: all
 install-data-yes: all
-	$(mkdir_p) $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)
+	$(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)
 	@catalogs='$(CATALOGS)'; \
 	for cat in $$catalogs; do \
 	  cat=`basename $$cat`; \
 	  lang=`echo $$cat | sed -e 's/\.gmo$$//'`; \
 	  dir=$(localedir)/$$lang/LC_MESSAGES; \
-	  $(mkdir_p) $(DESTDIR)$$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/$(DOMAIN).mo"; \
@@ -263,19 +263,19 @@
 installdirs-exec:
 installdirs-data: installdirs-data-@USE_NLS@
 	if test "$(PACKAGE)" = "gettext-tools"; then \
-	  $(mkdir_p) $(DESTDIR)$(gettextsrcdir); \
+	  $(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(gettextsrcdir); \
 	else \
 	  : ; \
 	fi
 installdirs-data-no:
 installdirs-data-yes:
-	$(mkdir_p) $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)
+	$(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)
 	@catalogs='$(CATALOGS)'; \
 	for cat in $$catalogs; do \
 	  cat=`basename $$cat`; \
 	  lang=`echo $$cat | sed -e 's/\.gmo$$//'`; \
 	  dir=$(localedir)/$$lang/LC_MESSAGES; \
-	  $(mkdir_p) $(DESTDIR)$$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 \