tags 10234 wontfix
close 10234
stop
(triaging old bugs)
Hello,
On 06/12/11 10:41 AM, Eric Blake wrote:
On 12/06/2011 10:36 AM, Jim Meyering wrote:
Paul Eggert wrote:
On 12/06/11 01:11, Basavaraj B wrote:
)rm -f alloca.h-t alloca.h && { echo '/* DO NOT EDIT! GENERATED
AUTOMATICALLY! */'; cat ./alloca.in.h; } > alloca.h-h
/bin/sh: syntax error at line 1 : `)' unexpected
*** Error code 2
Ouch. Coreutils is built with Automake's silent-rules feature,
and as I just now discovered, that feature is documented to not
be portable to POSIX make.
[...]
IMO, nonstop is a fringe target, so I am very reluctant to
sacrifice the above default solely to accommodate that system.
[...]
That, and POSIX is considering standardizing make behavior of nested
variable expansion
As such (and with no further follow-up in 6 years),
I'm closing this bug.
regards,
-a ssaf
