Hi Bert, Thank you for the quick reply! Any idea when a new automake (bugfix) release will be available? I will try to live with the warning for now With best regards, Tom.
-- Tom Ghyselinck <tom.ghyseli...@excentis.com> Excentis N.V.On di, 2015-08-18 at 10:59 +0200, Bert Wesarg wrote: > 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 "/.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. > >
