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Re: OpenBSD 2.7


From: Pavel Roskin
Subject: Re: OpenBSD 2.7
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 07:26:09 -0500 (EST)

Hello, Akim!

> | Now we have this in the top-level Makefile.am:
> | 
> | # Follow the version number changes.
> | $(bin_SCRIPTS): configure.in
> | 
> | When BSD make scans for rules to make autoconf it picks the explicit rule
> | first, but it's empty. I believe that there is no way to use the suffix
> | rule in BSD make if an explicit rule is present.
> 
> I just observed the same failure from SunOS' stock make.

So let's remove the explicit rule. It's only helpful to maintainers, but
they are supposed to clean up the working directory from time to time.

Another solution would be AM_MAINTAINER_MODE in configure.in and @MAINT@
before the explicit rule, but I believe it's an overkill.

Regards,
Pavel Roskin




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