Hi, On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 10:08 AM, Tom Ghyselinck <tom.ghyseli...@excentis.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I just upgraded to automake-1.15. > > I got a warning about future incompatibilities: > src/Makefile.am:205: warning: source file > 'StackControllers/AbstractController.cpp' is in a subdirectory, > src/Makefile.am:205: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled > automake: warning: possible forward-incompatibility. > automake: At least a source file is in a subdirectory, but the > 'subdir-objects' > automake: automake option hasn't been enabled. For now, the > corresponding output > automake: object file(s) will be placed in the top-level directory. > However, > automake: this behaviour will change in future Automake versions: they > will > automake: unconditionally cause object files to be placed in the same > subdirectory > automake: of the corresponding sources. > automake: You are advised to start using 'subdir-objects' option > throughout your > automake: project, to avoid future incompatibilities. > > We use "<subdir>/<source_file>.cpp" in some "*_SOURCES" entries in our > "Makefile.am" files. > > Since I don't like warnings, I followed the suggestion and added the "s > ubdir-objects" option in our configure.ac. > > Now, in one of our Makefile.am we are using > gtest_SOURCES = $(top_srcdir)/src/globaloptions.cpp ... > > We build our project in /tmp/build. > When trying to execute "make clean" for our project, we get the error: > Making clean in testing > make[2]: Entering directory '/tmp/build/src/testing' > Makefile:1193: /path/to/source/src/.deps/gtest-globaloptions.Po: No such > file or directory > make[2]: *** No rule to make target > '/path/to/source/src/.deps/gtest-globaloptions.Po'. Stop. > make[2]: Leaving directory '/tmp/build/src/testing' > Makefile:1513: recipe for target 'clean-recursive' failed > > Is this a known issue? > Or is it incorrect to use "$(top_srcdir)" in the "*_SOURCES" directive > when using the "subdirs-objects" option? > > We would like to keep using the "$(top_srcdir)" since the subdirs where > the Makefile.am using this resides may move around in the project > directory tree. > > Can anyone explain what is going wrong or how we should update this to > keep this working? > > Thank you in advance!
I would say you hit two bugs already fixed after the release of 1.15. http://debbugs.gnu.org/13928 Bert > > With best regards, > Tom. >
