On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Brian Dessent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steven Woody wrote: > >> How do I remove these warnings when do automake: >> >> src/rmeterd/Makefile.am:9: shell ../../svndate-sh: non-POSIX variable >> name >> src/rmeterd/Makefile.am:9: (probably a GNU make extension) >> >> in the Makefile.am, I did something like this: >> >> rmeterd_CXXFLAGS = \ >> -D'SVN_REV="$(shell ../../svnrev-sh)"' \ >> -D'SVN_DATE="$(shell ../../svndate-sh)"' >> >> That is, I call a external shell script to get values that will be set >> to a -D definition. >> >> What's the correct way to do this without warning? Thanks. > > Are you asking how to do this in a way that's not GNU make specific, or > are you asking how to make automake not warn about it? For the latter, > add -Wno-portability to your automake options (globally in > AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE or per-Makefile in AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS.) For the former, > run the script at configure-time rather than at make-time and AC_SUBST > the resulting value. > > Brian >
Thank you. Adding -Wno-portablility to AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE works. But I don't understand your other words: "For the former, run the script at configure-time rather than at make-time and AC_SUBST the resulting value."
