On Wed, 2014-11-19 at 07:11 -0800, David Boyce wrote:
> I believe the reason many Linux distributions were so slow to move
> from 3.81 to 3.82 is that 3.82 introduced an incompatibility which
> affected the ability to build (among other things) Linux kernels
> predating 3.82.
Not to reopen old wou
> The problem is that Debian and distributions that depend on it have refused
> to upgrade its make package from 3.81 to 3,82
See my other email. Upgrading to 3.82 is a problem; upgrading to 4.1
is not. In this release cycle GNU make is completely backward;
normally we expect compatibility proble
Op wo 19 nov 2014 14:55:27 GMT schreef luke.goods...@ogt.com (Luke Goodsell):
> OK, thanks.
>
> I'm preparing something to share with other users on the system, so
> I'll see if I can persuade the admin to update.
The problem is that Debian and distributions that depend on it
have refused to upgr
It's preferable to use 4.1 for the usual obvious reasons (bugfixes and
features) plus one that's less obvious. I believe the reason many
Linux distributions were so slow to move from 3.81 to 3.82 is that
3.82 introduced an incompatibility which affected the ability to build
(among other things) Lin
inier Post [mailto:reinp...@win.tue.nl]
Sent: 19 November 2014 14:53
To: Luke Goodsell
Cc: help-make@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Recursive implicit rule chain sometimes works
On Wed Nov 19 13:51:44 2014, luke.goods...@ogt.com (Luke Goodsell) wrote:
> $ make --version
> GNU Make 3.81
> Copyright (C)
On Wed Nov 19 13:51:44 2014, luke.goods...@ogt.com (Luke Goodsell) wrote:
> $ make --version
> GNU Make 3.81
> Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
> There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
> P
$ make --version
GNU Make 3.81
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
This program built for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Hi,
Using the above v
