URL:
<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?41518>
Summary: Can't build make from Git repository with recent
autotools
Project: make
Submitted by: parcs
Submitted on: Sun 09 Feb 2014 03:31:54 AM GMT
Severity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: Build/Install
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Any
Component Version: 4.0
Operating System: POSIX-Based
Fixed Release: None
Triage Status: None
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Details:
On a system with with autoconf 2.69 and automake 1.14.1, running "autoreconf
-i" under the GNU make Git repository fails for me like so:
$ autoreconf -f -i
automake: warnings are treated as errors
configure.ac:54: warning: The 'AM_PROG_MKDIR_P' macro is deprecated, and its
use is discouraged.
configure.ac:54: You should use the Autoconf-provided 'AC_PROG_MKDIR_P' macro
instead,
configure.ac:54: and use '$(MKDIR_P)' instead of '$(mkdir_p)'in your
Makefile.am files.
w32/Makefile.am:20: warning: source file 'subproc/misc.c' is in a
subdirectory,
w32/Makefile.am:20: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
automake: warning: possible forward-incompatibility.
automake: At least a source file is in a subdirectory, but the
'subdir-objects'
automake: automake option hasn't been enabled. For now, the corresponding
output
automake: object file(s) will be placed in the top-level directory. However,
automake: this behaviour will change in future Automake versions: they will
automake: unconditionally cause object files to be placed in the same
subdirectory
automake: of the corresponding sources.
automake: You are advised to start using 'subdir-objects' option throughout
your
automake: project, to avoid future incompatibilities.
w32/Makefile.am:20: warning: source file 'subproc/sub_proc.c' is in a
subdirectory,
w32/Makefile.am:20: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
w32/Makefile.am:20: warning: source file 'subproc/w32err.c' is in a
subdirectory,
w32/Makefile.am:20: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
w32/Makefile.am:20: warning: source file 'compat/posixfcn.c' is in a
subdirectory,
w32/Makefile.am:20: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled
autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1
bash: exit 1 autoreconf -i -f
I am no autotools expert but I think that the most immediate issue here is
that -Werror is passed to AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE, turning all automake warnings into
errors. If I remove -Werror then "autoreconf -i" exits sucessfully (albeit
with the same harmless warnings) and I can continue building make.
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