OK - thanks for info. Alex
On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 3:48 PM, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > > > On Feb 5, 2015, at 2:21 PM, Alex Aycinena <alex.aycin...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > When I run './autogen.sh' on my Fedora 21 machine, I get the following: > > > > Makefile.am:10: warning: source file 'util/guile.c' is in a subdirectory, > > Makefile.am:10: 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. > > > > followed by many messages like the following: > > > > src/app-utils/Makefile.am:40: warning: source file > > 'calculation/expression_parser.c' is in a subdirectory, > > src/app-utils/Makefile.am:40: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled > > > > This is between the lines: > > > > Running automake --add-missing --gnu --warnings=no-portability ... > > > > and > > > > Running autoconf ... > > > > configure, make and make install all seem to work fine.On my Fedora 20 > > machine I don't see these warnings. > > > > I don't know if this is because of something different in my environment > > between the two or because of the versions of the tools in the two > machines. > > > > Can someone give me feedback? I believe, Greet, you use Fedora also. Do > you > > see this as well? > > > > Alex, > > There’s actually an explanation in configure.ac: > # Initialize automake -- make sure we have at least version 1.9 Note: > # Automake 1.14 issues a ton of warnings about subdir-objects, which > # will become the default in automake 2.0; unfortunately this option > # is broken and prevents building without passing > # --disable-dependency-tracking to configure, which make-distcheck > # doesn't do. See > # http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2014-04/msg00002.html and > # http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=13928 for details. > # In the meantime the best option is to use Automake 1.13 or earlier. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > > _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
