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Re: Automake 1.8.3 doesn't build?
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Bob Friesenhahn |
Subject: |
Re: Automake 1.8.3 doesn't build? |
Date: |
Sun, 18 Apr 2004 16:45:00 -0500 (CDT) |
On Sun, 18 Apr 2004, Eric Sunshine wrote:
> I can submit a patch to autoconf-patches to make Autoconf's shell selection
> more backward-compatible with earlier versions of Autoconf, however this
> raises another issue. My interpretation of this thread is that Autoconf's new
> shell selection behavior is exposing a latent problem with Automake;
> specifically, Automake-generated makefiles do not deal with zsh in a robust
> fashion. Even after patching Autoconf, it will still be possible for zsh to
> be the chosen shell (it just won't be as likely), so this same problem can
> continue to affect Automake. Furthermore, it does not really seem like
> Autoconf's responsibility to work around a shortcoming in Automake. After
> all, Autoconf has long considered zsh an acceptable shell (otherwise, those
> zsh work-arounds would not be present in Autoconf), so one might expect
> Automake to also consider zsh a usable shell (by employing the same zsh goop,
> for instance).
I agree with your conclusions. Automake Makefiles should be more
robust.
Bob
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- Re: Automake 1.8.3 doesn't build?, (continued)
- Re: Automake 1.8.3 doesn't build?, Bob Friesenhahn, 2004/04/17
- Re: Automake 1.8.3 doesn't build?, Bob Friesenhahn, 2004/04/17
- Re: Automake 1.8.3 doesn't build?, Alexandre Duret-Lutz, 2004/04/18
- Re: Automake 1.8.3 doesn't build?, Eric Sunshine, 2004/04/18
- Re: Automake 1.8.3 doesn't build?, Alexandre Duret-Lutz, 2004/04/18
- Re: Automake 1.8.3 doesn't build?, Bob Friesenhahn, 2004/04/18
- Re: Automake 1.8.3 doesn't build?, Bob Friesenhahn, 2004/04/18
- Re: Automake 1.8.3 doesn't build?, Eric Sunshine, 2004/04/18
- Re: Automake 1.8.3 doesn't build?, Bob Friesenhahn, 2004/04/18
- Re: Automake 1.8.3 doesn't build?, Eric Sunshine, 2004/04/18
- Re: Automake 1.8.3 doesn't build?,
Bob Friesenhahn <=
- Re: Automake 1.8.3 doesn't build?, Eric Sunshine, 2004/04/19
- Re: Automake 1.8.3 doesn't build?, Alexandre Duret-Lutz, 2004/04/19
- Re: Automake 1.8.3 doesn't build?, Paul Eggert, 2004/04/19
- Re: Automake 1.8.3 doesn't build?, Richard Dawe, 2004/04/19
- Re: Automake 1.8.3 doesn't build?, Eric Sunshine, 2004/04/20
- Re: Automake 1.8.3 doesn't build?, Bob Friesenhahn, 2004/04/20
- Re: Automake 1.8.3 doesn't build?, Paul Eggert, 2004/04/20