RE: Feature Request: Improved cross-directory builds (intermediate files)

2009-09-11 Thread Bollinger, John C
Hi, So color me embarrassed: the 'subdir-objects' Automake option appears to do what I want, more or less(*). Inasmuch as it is particularly relevant there, perhaps a mention of it could be added to section 7.3 of the manual? (*) "More or less" because with Automake 1.11 it yielded Makefiles

Feature Request: Improved cross-directory builds (intermediate files)

2009-09-11 Thread Bollinger, John C
Hi, Section 7.3 of the Automake manual indicates that Automake provides (or at least intends to provide) sufficient cross-directory support to enable a single Makefile.am to support a complex, multi-directory package. In testing with versions 1.10 and 1.11 of Automake, I find that it does seem

Re: mv: cannot stat `test-suite.log': Permission denied

2009-09-11 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Bob, thanks for the report. * Bob Friesenhahn wrote on Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 10:57:29PM CEST: > Under MinGW, I have now encountered this error at the end of 'make > check' when using parallel tests and color tests: > > mv: cannot stat `test-suite.log': Permission denied > > and this file wa

mv: cannot stat `test-suite.log': Permission denied

2009-09-11 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
Under MinGW, I have now encountered this error at the end of 'make check' when using parallel tests and color tests: mv: cannot stat `test-suite.log': Permission denied and this file was left as a result: test-suite.log.tmp This was for a non-parallel 'make check'. Bob -- Bob Friesenhahn

Re: Reference to `sh-utils' should be to `core-utils'

2009-09-11 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Reuben, Alfred, * Alfred M. Szmidt wrote on Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 04:07:48PM CEST: >@@ -9203,7 +9203,7 @@ run-time dependencies are satisfied after > installation. > > @vindex AM_INSTALLCHECK_STD_OPTIONS_EXEMPT > In a few situations, programs (or scripts) have to be exempted fro

Re: Reference to `sh-utils' should be to `core-utils'

2009-09-11 Thread Alfred M. Szmidt
@@ -9203,7 +9203,7 @@ run-time dependencies are satisfied after installation. @vindex AM_INSTALLCHECK_STD_OPTIONS_EXEMPT In a few situations, programs (or scripts) have to be exempted from this -test. For instance, @command{false} (from GNU sh-utils) is never +test. For instance

Reference to `sh-utils' should be to `core-utils'

2009-09-11 Thread Reuben Thomas
diff --git a/doc/automake.texi b/doc/automake.texi index b3f4a76..17afa84 100644 --- a/doc/automake.texi +++ b/doc/automake.texi @@ -9203,7 +9203,7 @@ run-time dependencies are satisfied after installation. @vindex AM_INSTALLCHECK_STD_OPTIONS_EXEMPT In a few situations, programs (or scripts) hav