Re: bug#11034: Binutils, GDB, GCC and Automake's 'cygnus' option

Hi Stefano, Stefano Lattarini wrote: On 04/02/2012 10:19 PM, Tom Tromey wrote: "Stefano" == Stefano Lattarini writes: Stefano> It should still be possible, with the right hack (which is Stefano> tested in the testsuite, and required by other packages Stefano> anyway). The baseline is: if

Re: bug#11034: Binutils, GDB, GCC and Automake's 'cygnus' option

Stefano Lattarini writes: >> Anyway the real use in the src tree is different, IIUC. >> Info files are built in the build tree by developers, but put in the >> source tree for distribution. >> > In such a setup, what is the issue with having the '.info' files built > in the srcdir? It's not like

Re: bug#11034: Binutils, GDB, GCC and Automake's 'cygnus' option

On 04/02/2012 10:12 PM, Roumen Petrov wrote: > Hi Stefano, > > Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> [SNIP] >> It should still be possible, with the right hack (which is tested in the >> testsuite, and required by other packages anyway). The baseline is: if >> you don't want your '.info' files to be distri

Re: bug#11034: Binutils, GDB, GCC and Automake's 'cygnus' option

On 04/02/2012 10:19 PM, Tom Tromey wrote: >> "Stefano" == Stefano Lattarini writes: > > Stefano> It should still be possible, with the right hack (which is > Stefano> tested in the testsuite, and required by other packages > Stefano> anyway). The baseline is: if you don't want your '.info' f

Re: bug#11034: Binutils, GDB, GCC and Automake's 'cygnus' option

> "Stefano" == Stefano Lattarini writes: Stefano> It should still be possible, with the right hack (which is Stefano> tested in the testsuite, and required by other packages Stefano> anyway). The baseline is: if you don't want your '.info' files Stefano> to be distributed, then it should be

Re: bug#11034: Binutils, GDB, GCC and Automake's 'cygnus' option

Hi Stefano, Stefano Lattarini wrote: [SNIP] It should still be possible, with the right hack (which is tested in the testsuite, and required by other packages anyway). The baseline is: if you don't want your '.info' files to be distributed, then it should be easily possible to have them built i

bug#11153: change automake branching policy: dispensing with the 'branch-X.Y' branches in the future

Hi Jim. On 04/02/2012 08:47 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: > Stefano Lattarini wrote: > ... >> WDYT? If you agree, I can apply the change below to HACKING, and >> implement the new branching policy starting from the Automke 1.12 >> release. > > I agree. > IMHO, you won't go wrong following git.git's exa

Re: bug#11034: Binutils, GDB, GCC and Automake's 'cygnus' option

On 04/02/2012 09:36 PM, Tom Tromey wrote: >> "Stefano" == Stefano Lattarini writes: > > Stefano> Sorry if I sound dense, but what exactly is the feature you are > Stefano> talking about here? > > I was under the impression that it would no longer be possible to build > info files in the buil

bug#11153: change automake branching policy: dispensing with the 'branch-X.Y' branches in the future

Hi Peter, thanks for the feedback. But I fear we have a misunderstanding here. See below. On 04/02/2012 08:14 PM, Peter Rosin wrote: > On 2012-04-02 18:13, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> Severity: wishlist >> thanks >> >> Hello Automakers. >> >> After some real hand-on experience with the current b

Re: bug#11034: Binutils, GDB, GCC and Automake's 'cygnus' option

> "Stefano" == Stefano Lattarini writes: Stefano> Sorry if I sound dense, but what exactly is the feature you are Stefano> talking about here? I was under the impression that it would no longer be possible to build info files in the build tree. But, I see that, according to the Automake man

Re: bug#11034: Binutils, GDB, GCC and Automake's 'cygnus' option

> "Stefano" == Stefano Lattarini writes: Stefano> True, and that was even stated in the manual; the whole point Stefano> of ditching support for cygnus trees is that by now those two Stefano> big users are basically not making any real use of the 'cygnus' Stefano> option anymore. To quote my

Re: bug#11034: Binutils, GDB, GCC and Automake's 'cygnus' option

> "Stefano" == Stefano Lattarini writes: Stefano> Note there's nothing I'm planning to do, nor I should do, in Stefano> this regard: the two setups described above are both already Stefano> supported by the current automake implementation (but the last Stefano> one is not encouraged, even tho

Re: bug#11034: Binutils, GDB, GCC and Automake's 'cygnus' option

On 04/02/2012 05:16 PM, Tom Tromey wrote: >> "Stefano" == Stefano Lattarini writes: > > Stefano> True, and that was even stated in the manual; the whole point > Stefano> of ditching support for cygnus trees is that by now those two > Stefano> big users are basically not making any real use of

Re: bug#11034: Binutils, GDB, GCC and Automake's 'cygnus' option

On 04/02/2012 04:25 PM, Tom Tromey wrote: >> "Stefano" == Stefano Lattarini writes: > > Stefano> Note there's nothing I'm planning to do, nor I should do, in > Stefano> this regard: the two setups described above are both already > Stefano> supported by the current automake implementation (bu

Release an early beta for automake 1.12

Reference: Hello Automakers. I plan to release a beta for Automake 1.12 in the next days, with the estimated release date set a couple of weeks after that. If anyone knows about any pending or new issue for which such a beta rel

Automake 1.11.4 released

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 We are pleased to announce the Automake 1.11.4 maintenance release. This is mostly a bugfix release, fixing few recent and long-standing bugs. It also contains minor enhancements to the 'ar-lib' and 'compile' script (thanks to Peter Rosin), and adds

Re: Target depending variables?

On 04/01/2012 06:52 PM, Jules Colding wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like my SUBDIRS variable not to be set when, and only when, > the target is distclean. I can't seem to find a way to do that > in my Makefile.am. Is it possible at all? > If you can assume GNU make, yes: SUBDIRS = foo bar distclean-re

Target depending variables?

Hi, I'd like my SUBDIRS variable not to be set when, and only when, the target is distclean. I can't seem to find a way to do that in my Makefile.am. Is it possible at all? Thanks, jules