Re: make fails

2001-07-11 Thread Paul D. Smith
This isn't a problem with GNU make. Make just runs your compiler with whatever arguments the makefile says, and it's doing that correctly as far as I can tell. If the compiler can't compile the code, then that's a matter for discussion with the authors of the makefile or the code or, remotely po

make fails

2001-07-11 Thread Bob Couch
Hi, I'm running Linux 2.2.4 kernel, tried mnogosearch-3.1.17.tar.gz mnogosearch-3.2.0.b0.tar.gz can't get either one to work GNU Make version 3.79.1, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath. Built for i386-redhat-linux-gnu Copyright (C) 1988, 89, 90, 91, 92

Re: Please add :sh to the "problems and incompatibilities.

2001-07-11 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% "Jeff Wiegley, Ph.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: jwpd> I am suprised to find out that make is not as backward jwpd> compatible as I thought. You mean, not as compatible as you thought. There's nothing "backward" about it. jwpd> Especially since it doesn't support the *only* method th

Please add :sh to the "problems and incompatibilities.

2001-07-11 Thread Jeff Wiegley, Ph.D.
I am suprised to find out that make is not as backward compatible as I thought. Especially since it doesn't support the *only* method that make under Solaris uses to incorporate command substitution. This makefile works under Solaris but not under any version of GNU make that I have tried... --

implicit.c matches not allocated enough memory

2001-07-11 Thread ian . willis
Hi, This bug also affects the variable checked_lastslash. The fix for this is to change lines 137-138 of implicit.c to: char *checked_lastslash = (char *) alloca (num_pattern_rules * max_pattern_targets * sizeof (char)); Regards, Ian -- Ian Willis Digital Broadca

implicit.c matches not allocated enough memory

2001-07-11 Thread ian . willis
Hi, I believe I have found a bug in make version 3.79.1. I am running on Sparc/Solaris 8. This bug exists in the distribution of gnu make with Solaris 8 (version 3.78.1) and in the compiled binary package available at www.sunfreeware.com (3.79.1). With a particular set of makefiles, I get a Seg