Re: bug#19108: bad error messages in dist targets, automake 1.14.1

[Stefano Lattarini]

severity 19108 minor
close 19108
thanks

On 11/19/2014 05:40 PM, Aharon Robbins wrote:
> Hi. I'm trying to upgrade to automake 1.14.1, and I see this:
>
> @@ -993,10 +993,16 @@ dist-xz: distdir
>         $(am__post_remove_distdir)
>
>   dist-tarZ: distdir
> +       @echo WARNING: "Support for shar distribution archives is" \
> +                      "deprecated." >&2
> +       @echo WARNING: "It will be removed altogether in Automake 2.0" >&2
>         tardir=$(distdir) && $(am__tar) | compress -c >$(distdir).tar.Z
>         $(am__post_remove_distdir)
>
>   dist-shar: distdir
> +       @echo WARNING: "Support for distribution archives compressed with" \
> +                      "legacy program 'compress' is deprecated." >&2
> +       @echo WARNING: "It will be removed altogether in Automake 2.0" >&2
>         shar $(distdir) | GZIP=$(GZIP_ENV) gzip -c >$(distdir).shar.gz
>         $(am__post_remove_distdir)
>
>
> The error messages are associated with the wrong targets.
>
> I thought I reported this already...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Arnold
Thank for the report.  I've applied a fix that will appear in the next
automake release.

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