Karl, Thank you for all the time spent on this issue. Yeah actually I am using automake 1.15.1 that comes with Linux Mint 19.2 distro: automake/bionic,bionic,now 1:1.15.1-3ubuntu2 all [installed]
I saw you closed the ticket. good. Thanks again! Regards, Fabrizio On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 9:20 PM Karl Berry <k...@freefriends.org> wrote: > Hi Fabrizio, > > $ tar xfz autotool-bug-abs.tar.gz > $ cd autotool-bug/proj > $ ./bootstrap.sh > $ ./configure --with-mylib=../lib > $ make > > Thanks for the careful recipe. Unfortunately, it still works for me. > readlink -f does return the full path, and I see the full path embedded > in the Makefiles in various places, but not the crucial line: > > Makefile:353:/home/fabrizio/temp/autotool-bug/lib/.deps/testApp-mylib_log.Po: > No such > > Line 353 of my src/Makefile is simply > DEPDIR = .deps > > which, I guess, explains why it is not failing for me. But I find myself > unable to guess why you are getting a full path there. Looking at the > way $(DEPDIR) is used, it seems expected that it is simply .deps (minus > the leading . on Windows I guess). > > I wonder ... are you using an original automake 1.16.x from ftp.gnu.org? > Or are you maybe using a distro version of automake? That could explain > the different behavior (i.e., the distro people introduced some subtle > problem). Otherwise, I'm at a loss. > > Just try to run those commands and unless is something simple to > address, please close the ticket and let's move on. > > It doesn't look simple, so closing as instructed :). > > All the best, > Karl >
