[+cc automake bug#12967] Hi Patrice.
In future replies, could you avoid dropping the CC: list? This way, the details of our discussion will be registered in the Automake bug tracker. Thanks. Now, back to business... On 11/24/2012 12:26 AM, Patrice Dumas wrote: > On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 09:20:46AM +0100, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> [+cc bug-automake] >> >> Hi Patrice, Karl. >> >> On 11/23/2012 03:17 AM, Patrice Dumas wrote: >>> On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 05:52:50PM -0700, Karl Berry wrote: >>>> info do not compile on IRIX 6.5. There is an error linked with the >>>> call of depcomp. >>>> >> What is the dependency style determined by configure? You might >> grep for the line "dependency style" in config.log to find out. > > It was 'sgi'. > OK, as I thought. Thanks for confirming. >> Is the failure still present if you run configure with the >> "--disable-dependency-tracking" option? > > No, it is not present anymore. > OK, so it is a failure in depcomp. But at least the package builds when dependency tracking is disabled. >> Has been IRIX discontinued? I wasn't aware of that. If it has, we >> might indeed want to remove support from it from the depcomp script >> (that can be done for Automake 1.14). > > It is supported until december 2013 > http://www.sgi.com/services/support/irix_mips_support.html > Then we have to fix the sgi depmode, I fear. But I'll need access to an IRIX system to do so myself. Another possibility is to simply remove the sgi depmode; this way, automatic dependency tracking will automatically be disabled for the SGI C compiler, but at least simple builds with "./configure; make all" will succeed. Opinions? Thanks, Stefano
