Marius Vollmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Mikael Djurfeldt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Bill Schottstaedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > on sgi irix 5.3, the new makefiles use a construct something
> > > like DEPS_MAGIC... (line 551 of libguile/Makefile for example);
> > > all of these cause a syntax error in this version of make.
> > > If you need fuller details, let me know.
> >
> > Yes please. This is a problem with automake, but we'll forward it to
> > the proper people.
>
> If I remember correctly, automake requires GNU make when you are in
> `developer mode'. Only the destribution tarballs should be portable
> across makes. When you check out the sources out of CVS, you are in
> `developer mode'.
Yes, this is correct. Maintainer mode requires GNU make. If the
distribution works for Bill when configured without
--enable-maintainer-mode, then everything is OK.
