Hi Stepan, On Thu, 2007-03-29 at 16:19 +0200, Stepan Kasal wrote: > On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 02:25:31PM +0200, Jules Colding posted an > Automake question to the Autoconf list. (Understandable mistake, of > course.)
Oops... stupid, stupid mistake. Sorry, should be to old for that :-( > I suppose the question can be deduced from my answer. :-) > > > What is the recommended and portable way of doing what I do above to > > avoid the warnings and to be nice to automake? > > > OBJS = $(patsubst %.c,%.o,$(STUB_SRC)) > > this can ce written portably as: > > OBJS = $(STUB_SRC:.c=.o) OK, thanks. > > EXTRA_DIST = > > $(pkgconfig_DATA:-$(LIBBRUTUS_CURRENT).$(LIBBRUTUS_REVISION).pc=.pc.in) > > It is not portable to use immersed variable expansion. > But if LIBBRUTUS_CURRENT and LIBBRUTUS_REVISION are AC_SUBSTed > variables, you can use the @...@ form here: > > EXTRA_DIST = $(pkgconfig_DATA:[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.pc=.pc.in) OK. > > CWD = $(shell pwd) > > BARE_NAMES = $(notdir $(IDL_FILES)) > > LOCAL_IDL_FILES = $(addprefix $(CWD)/,$(BARE_NAMES)) > > I do not know any easy way to replace these. You would have to change > the logic of the makefile. I was afraid some of those was in that category. Damn, must think then... > > Needless to say that all of this worked without any warnings prior to > > automake-1.10. > > To switch these warnings off for a particular Makefile.am, use > > AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = -Wno-portability > > To switch them off glibally, use > > AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wno-portability]) > > in your configure.ac. OK, good tip. > For your information, I found this comment in Automake 1.9.5: > (and I believe is was there since 1.7 till 1.9.6) > > # FIXME: 'portability' warnings are currently disabled by default. > # Eventually we want to turn them on in GNU and GNITS modes, but > # we don't do this yet in Automake 1.7 to help the 1.6/1.7 > # transition. > # > # Indeed there would be only two ways to get rid of these new > # warnings: > # 1. adjusting Makefile.am > # This is not always easy (or wanted). Consider %-rules or > # $(function args) variables. > # 2. using -Wno-portability > # This means there is no way to have the same Makefile.am > # working both with Automake 1.6 and 1.7 (since 1.6 does not > # understand -Wno-portability). > # > # In Automake 1.8 (or whatever it is called) we can turn these > # warnings on, since -Wno-portability will not be an issue for > # the 1.7/1.8 transition. > > Have a nice day, You too and thanks for your help, jules
