From f704a50e9f6b68c60fccd144c8b534ba15cd84c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Helmuth <christian.helmuth@genode-labs.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2022 13:00:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] prepare_ports: prevent regeneration of aclocal.m4

Related to #4350
Fixes #4467
---
 tool/ports/mk/install.mk | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tool/ports/mk/install.mk b/tool/ports/mk/install.mk
index 9fe3a570a9..69dc6cb25e 100644
--- a/tool/ports/mk/install.mk
+++ b/tool/ports/mk/install.mk
@@ -266,10 +266,12 @@ _extract_function = $(call _assert,\
 # because it requires a specific automake version on the host.
 #
 # We rename the rule target to discharge this magic and keep using the
-# provided 'Makefile.in'.
+# provided 'Makefile.in'. A similar quirk is required for 'aclocal.m4'.
 #
+_DISCHARGE_PATTERN  =  /Makefile\.in:.*Makefile\.am/s/^/IGNORE-/
+_DISCHARGE_PATTERN += ;/(ACLOCAL_M4):.*am__aclocal_m4_deps)/s/^/IGNORE-/
 _discharge_automake = ( find $(DIR) -name "Makefile.in" |\
-                        xargs -r sed -i "/Makefile\.in:.*Makefile\.am/s/^/IGNORE-/" )
+                        xargs -r sed -i "$(_DISCHARGE_PATTERN)" )
 
 %.archive: %.file
 	@$(MSG_EXTRACT)"$(ARCHIVE) ($*)"