Hello Paul, Ralf,
* Paul Eggert wrote on Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 12:18:55AM CEST:
> Ralf Corsepius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > The sub-sentence I consider to be wrong is this:
> >
> > INSTALL now suggests VPATH builds (e.g., "sh ../srcdir/configure")
> > only if you use GNU make.
>
> This
Ralf Corsepius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The sub-sentence I consider to be wrong is this:
>
> INSTALL now suggests VPATH builds (e.g., "sh ../srcdir/configure")
> only if you use GNU make.
This is merely a sentence taken from the NEWS file for Autoconf. It
isn't a constraint on Autoconf'
On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 14:00 +0200, Stepan Kasal wrote:
> Hello Paul and Ralves,
>
> the change discussed here was triggered by problems with Solaris'
> make.
>
> I agree that the Automake manual could mention this bad scenario,
> perhaps something like:
> ``Avoid files with names identical to she
Hello Paul and Ralves,
the change discussed here was triggered by problems with Solaris'
make.
I agree that the Automake manual could mention this bad scenario,
perhaps something like:
``Avoid files with names identical to shell builtins or basic
commands; during a VPATH build, Solaris' @command{
Hello Ralf,
* Ralf Corsepius wrote on Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 10:07:15AM CEST:
> On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 08:29 +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
We are seriously talking past each other.
> > If you are using
> > Automake, the changed directory variables (assuming you are referring to
> > them) will be
On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 02:22 -0700, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Ralf Corsepius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > => If automake doesn't hold what it promises, it's a bug in automake
>
> At the very least there is a documentation problem in Automake,
> because nowhere does it say that you can't have a tes
Ralf Corsepius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> => If automake doesn't hold what it promises, it's a bug in automake
At the very least there is a documentation problem in Automake,
because nowhere does it say that you can't have a test named 'test' --
a situation that caused coreutils 'make check' t
On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 08:29 +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> Hi Ralf,
>
> * Ralf Corsepius wrote on Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 05:44:00AM CEST:
> > On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 23:15 +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > > GNU Autoconf test version 2.59d is now available.
> > >
> > > This is a beta release, intend
Hi Ralf,
* Ralf Corsepius wrote on Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 05:44:00AM CEST:
> On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 23:15 +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > GNU Autoconf test version 2.59d is now available.
> >
> > This is a beta release, intended to be largely identical to 2.60,
> > to be released very soon, if no
Ralf Corsepius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> If something has crept into automake that makes gmake necessary for
> VPATH-builds, I'd call this an automake regression.
Yes, the wording in NEWS was too strong. Thanks for reporting that.
However, the underlying theme that people should stay away f
On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 23:15 +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> GNU Autoconf test version 2.59d is now available.
>
> This is a beta release, intended to be largely identical to 2.60,
> to be released very soon, if no unexpected issues turn up. So test it
> now, use it with your code, and report any
GNU Autoconf test version 2.59d is now available.
This is a beta release, intended to be largely identical to 2.60,
to be released very soon, if no unexpected issues turn up. So test it
now, use it with your code, and report any remaining issues, please!
The important changes since 2.59c are l
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