Ralf Corsepius <rc040203@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > If something has crept into automake that makes gmake necessary for > VPATH-builds, I'd call this an automake regression. Yes, the wording in NEWS was too strong. Thanks for reporting that. However, the underlying theme that people should stay away from Solaris 'make' for VPATH builds is still sound. See, for example, <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2006-06/msg00033.html>. (It's not so much an Automake regression as an undocumented minefield. :-) I installed the following patch. 2006-06-05 Paul Eggert <eggert@xxxxxxxxxxx> * NEWS: Don't blame non-GNU VPATH compatibility issues on Automake. --- NEWS 5 Jun 2006 13:32:11 -0000 1.380 +++ NEWS 6 Jun 2006 06:18:20 -0000 @@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ INSTALL now suggests VPATH builds (e.g., "sh ../srcdir/configure") only if you use GNU make. In practice, other 'make' implementations have too many subtle incompatibilities in their support for VPATH. - These incompatibilities do not hurt bare Autoconf, but do affect - Automake-generated makefiles. Recommending GNU make keeps the - installation instructions simpler. + Many packages (including Autoconf itself) are portable to other + 'make' implementations, but some packages are not, and recommending + GNU make keeps the installation instructions simpler. ** Even more safety checks for the new Directory variables: Warn about suspicious `${datarootdir}' found in config files output. _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
