Hello, Michael Haubenwallner <michael.haubenwall...@ssi-schaefer.com> writes:
> Hi, > > in flex-2.6.4, the $(LIBOBJDIR) does contain source files only, > eventually required via LDADD=$(LIBOBJ) in another directory. > > Now with --disable-dependency-tracking, an out of source build fails > because $top_builddir/$(LIBOBJDIR) is not created by anyone, see > the discussion in https://github.com/westes/flex/issues/244 and > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf-patches/2017-07/msg00002.html > > I have no idea for how to fix automake for this situation, but it > feels like automake should add this line to src/Makefile.in here: > > $(LIBOBJS): $(LIBOBJDIR)$(am__dirstamp) > > Thanks! > /haubi/ I confirm that this is an Automake issue. After some digging I think 'automake' should call the 'require_build_directory' subroutine for the LIBOBJDIR variable. However I don't have time to investigate more right now. Thanks for the report. -- Mathieu Lirzin GPG: F2A3 8D7E EB2B 6640 5761 070D 0ADE E100 9460 4D37