Re: Autoconf 2.49d test: Command not found

2001-03-21 Thread John Poltorak
On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 10:56:26AM -0500, Paul D. Smith wrote: > %% John Poltorak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > jp> It's a version of GNU Make ported to OS/2. > > This is a bug in that version of GNU make, or in the port to OS/2 (not > sure). If you have the source code, you want to do this

Re: Autoconf 2.49d test: Command not found

2001-03-21 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% "Lars J. Aas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: lja> Well, it's the shell that reports command not found, not make. Normally true, but GNU make has an efficiency enhancement where it examines the command line to be run for various special characters and commands. If any of those are found, it in

RE: Autoconf 2.49d test: Command not found

2001-03-21 Thread Tim Van Holder
> I've tried it under PDKSH, BASH and CMD.EXE. The results are the same > under each. > > > Does `:' work properly on your shell? > > When running:- > > sh -c : > > there is no response, which I guess is what you would expect. > If you mean you tried: $ cmd c:\> make and $ pdksh $ make th

Re: Autoconf 2.49d test: Command not found

2001-03-21 Thread John Poltorak
On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 05:03:09PM +0100, Akim Demaille wrote: > > | N:\eval\autoconf-2.49d>make -v > | GNU Make version 3.76.1, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath. > | Copyright (C) 1988, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97 > | > | > This definitely works in the versions of GNU make I have

Re: Autoconf 2.49d test: Command not found

2001-03-21 Thread John Poltorak
On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 10:13:52AM -0500, Paul D. Smith wrote: > %% Raja R Harinath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > rrh> John Poltorak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > rrh> [snip] > >> On further investigation, it seems to be coming from here:- > >> > >> > >> $(srcdir)/version.texi: s

Re: Autoconf 2.49d test: Command not found

2001-03-21 Thread Lars J. Aas
On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 03:32:09PM +, John Poltorak wrote: : N:\eval\autoconf-2.49d>make -v : GNU Make version 3.76.1, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath. : Copyright (C) 1988, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97 : : > This definitely works in the versions of GNU make I have access to. :

Re: Autoconf 2.49d test: Command not found

2001-03-21 Thread Akim Demaille
| N:\eval\autoconf-2.49d>make -v | GNU Make version 3.76.1, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath. | Copyright (C) 1988, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97 | | > This definitely works in the versions of GNU make I have access to. | | It's a version of GNU Make ported to OS/2. Please, when yo

Re: Autoconf 2.49d test: Command not found

2001-03-21 Thread Raja R Harinath
Hi, "Lars J. Aas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 02:20:02PM +, John Poltorak wrote: > : On further investigation, it seems to be coming from here:- > : > : $(srcdir)/version.texi: stamp-vti > : @: > : > : My Make struggles to understand '@:'. > : > : What is it

Re: Autoconf 2.49d test: Command not found

2001-03-21 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% John Poltorak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: jp> It's a version of GNU Make ported to OS/2. This is a bug in that version of GNU make, or in the port to OS/2 (not sure). If you have the source code, you want to do this: Edit the file job.c. Find the function construct_command_argv_internal(

Re: Autoconf 2.49d test: Command not found

2001-03-21 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% Raja R Harinath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: rrh> John Poltorak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: rrh> [snip] >> On further investigation, it seems to be coming from here:- >> >> >> $(srcdir)/version.texi: stamp-vti >> @: >> >> My Make struggles to understand '@:'. rrh> That

Re: Autoconf 2.49d test: Command not found

2001-03-21 Thread Lars J. Aas
On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 02:20:02PM +, John Poltorak wrote: : On further investigation, it seems to be coming from here:- : : $(srcdir)/version.texi: stamp-vti : @: : : My Make struggles to understand '@:'. : : What is it supposed to mean? @ tags the make rule so that make doesn't di

Re: Autoconf 2.49d test: Command not found

2001-03-21 Thread Raja R Harinath
John Poltorak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snip] > On further investigation, it seems to be coming from here:- > > > $(srcdir)/version.texi: stamp-vti > @: > > My Make struggles to understand '@:'. That's bad. It's an oft-used idiom. > What is it supposed to mean? "Quietly do nothin

Re: Autoconf 2.49d test: Command not found

2001-03-21 Thread John Poltorak
On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 02:11:24PM +, John Poltorak wrote: > > > After setting a number of environment variables and running > > > sh ./configure > > > followed by make I got the following error at the end:- > > ... > > > Making all in doc > > > make[1]: Entering directory `/eval/autoconf-2.4

Re: Autoconf 2.49d test: Command not found

2001-03-21 Thread John Poltorak
On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 07:36:48AM -0500, Thomas Dickey wrote: > On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 11:48:41PM +, John Poltorak wrote: > > After setting a number of environment variables and running > > sh ./configure > > followed by make I got the following error at the end:- > ... > > Making all in do

Re: Autoconf 2.49d test: Command not found

2001-03-21 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 11:48:41PM +, John Poltorak wrote: > After setting a number of environment variables and running > sh ./configure > followed by make I got the following error at the end:- ... > Making all in doc > make[1]: Entering directory `/eval/autoconf-2.49d/doc' > make[1]: :: Co

RE: Autoconf 2.49d test: Command not found

2001-03-21 Thread Bernard Dautrevaux
> -Original Message- > From: John Poltorak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 12:49 AM > To: Autoconf List > Subject: Autoconf 2.49d test: Command not found > > > After setting a number of environment variables and running > sh ./configure > followed by make I