new build system

2001-09-19 Thread Jason Zaugg
Matt, When I tried to 'make clean' from within a subdirectory ($CS_COMMON_DE/tools/property), gnu make dumped core. There is a bug in the builtin 'if' function when trailing characters suffix the $(if cond,a,b) construct. A test to reproduce the behaviour follows. I've worked around it as follow

Re: Reporting GNUmake3.78.1

2001-09-19 Thread Paul Eggert
> From: "Paul D. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 19 Sep 2001 23:03:01 -0400 > > It looks like you're using a version of GNU make packaged for your > system by someone else; it's that packaging that's failing. GNU make 3.79.1 is shipped as part of Solaris 8. You can get it as part of the SFWg

Re: Value of $? not set in archive rules (more info)

2001-09-19 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% "Robert E. Menteer II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: rem> Here is some additional information on the problem. The version rem> used was: GNU Make version 3.79.1, by Richard Stallman and Roland rem> McGrath. Built for hppa1.1-hp-hpux11.00 rem> The problem with $? does not appear when us

Value of $? not set in archive rules (more info)

2001-09-19 Thread Robert E. Menteer II
Here is some additional information on the problem. The version used was: GNU Make version 3.79.1, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath. Built for hppa1.1-hp-hpux11.00 The problem with $? does not appear when using the -n option to view which commands will execute. This may be related to a pro

Value of $? not set in archive rules

2001-09-19 Thread Robert E. Menteer II
The following is part of a make file to update a library. The source files for the library reside in multiple directories with each directory responsible to make it's modules and place them in the library. The problem I'm having is with the $? variable, it is supposed to contain a list of all prer