bug#8168: macros directory not created automatically

2011-04-01 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Friday 01 April 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Fri, Apr 01, 2011 at 03:13:19PM CEST: > > On Friday 01 April 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > Patch 2: > > > - Should `--install -I $dir' also create an absolute $dir? > > > > > I think so. Why shouldn't it? > > Well

Example in libtool manual gives wrong dependencies w/ automake.

2011-04-01 Thread Nick Bowler
Hello, I'm working on a project which uses libltdl to load modules, and I've set it up in a manner pretty similar to what's described in the libtool manual (10.3 Linking with dlopened modules, http://xrl.us/bjk9e5). In that section, the manual recommends to use a weak library interface. However,

Re: [GSoC Proposal] automake - Exploit more features of GNU make in Automake

2011-04-01 Thread NightStrike
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 2:53 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > On Tuesday 29 March 2011, Dr David wrote: >> On 03/29/11 12:19 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> > On Saturday 19 March 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> >> ABSTRACT: >> >>    The primary target of this project is to enable Automake-generat

bug#8365: 3 of 657 tests failed

2011-04-01 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Friday 01 April 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 02:54:36PM CEST: > > At this point I'm not anymore sure this is just a testsuite-related issue > > -- it seems like a genuine bug in Automake-generated remake rules. WDYT? > > No. You were right o

Re: subdir-objects, dirstamps and --disable-dependency-tracking (bug!)

2011-04-01 Thread Ignacy Gawedzki
On Fri, Apr 01, 2011 at 01:22:26PM +0200, thus spake Ralf Wildenhues: > * Ignacy Gawedzki wrote on Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:13:32AM CEST: > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 07:51:40AM +0200, thus spake Ralf Wildenhues: > > > * Ignacy Gawedzki wrote on Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 12:03:09AM CEST: > > > > I suspect

Re: subdir-objects, dirstamps and --disable-dependency-tracking (bug!)

2011-04-01 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Ignacy Gawedzki wrote on Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:13:32AM CEST: > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 07:51:40AM +0200, thus spake Ralf Wildenhues: > > * Ignacy Gawedzki wrote on Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 12:03:09AM CEST: > > > I suspect I found a bug in automake 1.11.1 . > > > > Yes, you have. Thanks for report

Re: Removing Mac OS X resource forks from distribution tarballs

2011-04-01 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Dave Hart wrote on Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 08:46:56AM CEST: > Apparently, > there is no command-line switch to disable generation of ._ > psuedofiles in tarballs, but there is an undocumented environment > variable that so modifies tar behavior, > COPY_EXTENDED_ATTRIBUTES_DISABLE=true. For reasons u

Re: c file used as a make file

2011-04-01 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Paul, * Paul Elliott wrote on Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 03:01:49PM CET: > On Tuesday, March 22, 2011 01:54:33 am Paul Elliott wrote: > > One .c file is used as a .h file. That is, it is included by another .c > > file and it should not be itself compiled. Why the author did this I do > > not know