On Monday, August 8 at 18:30 (+0000), Grant Edwards said:

> I don't think this is Gentoo-specific, but I've noticed that a recent
> update to "make" is causing makefile breakage.  For example, trying to
> build a Linux 2.6.28 kernel:
> 
>   beta linux-2.6.28-gentoo-r5 # make oldconfig
>   Makefile:442: *** mixed implicit and normal rules.  Stop.
> 
> Apparently the authors of "make" are cracking down on things that have
> been allowed for many years. As a result, some Makefiles don't work
> anymore.
> 
> At least for me, that means that "make" now needs to be slotted so
> that I can keep an older version around that's compatible with older
> Makefiles.  Is there any chance of that?
> 
> [I don't suppose anybody knows off-hand which version of "make"
> introduced all the breakage?]
> 

Have not experienced this (GNU Make 3.82).




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