On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't think this is Gentoo-specific, but I've noticed that a recent > update to "make" is causing makefile breakage. For example, trying to > build a Linux 2.6.28 kernel: > > beta linux-2.6.28-gentoo-r5 # make oldconfig > Makefile:442: *** mixed implicit and normal rules. Stop. > > Apparently the authors of "make" are cracking down on things that have > been allowed for many years. As a result, some Makefiles don't work > anymore. > > At least for me, that means that "make" now needs to be slotted so > that I can keep an older version around that's compatible with older > Makefiles. Is there any chance of that? > > [I don't suppose anybody knows off-hand which version of "make" > introduced all the breakage?]
I haven't encountered this yet. Which version of make are you running? -- :wq
