Re: Could automake-generated Makefiles required GNU make? (was: Re: [gnu-prog-discuss] portability)

2011-11-21 Thread Paul Smith
On Mon, 2011-11-21 at 21:56 +0100, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > 1. We start requiring GNU make in an "experimental" automake 2.0 > development line (which might, and will, break whathever > backward-compatibility gets in its way). If you go this route, then it's critical that the "minima

Could automake-generated Makefiles required GNU make? (was: Re: [gnu-prog-discuss] portability)

2011-11-21 Thread Stefano Lattarini
[moving to the automake list] Hi Richard. First, let me thank for your intervention: I really appreciate you're taking a personal interest and partecipation in this thread (and in this automake issue in particular). On Monday 21 November 2011, Richard Stallman wrote: > > Stefano Lattarini wrote: