On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 10:15:31AM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote: > Marc says: > > Due to a problem with make -n (and recursive $(MAKE) calls), this > check has been postponed to a later release. > > What is the problem with make -n? Is it fixed? Is the bug documented > on Debian BTS?
IIRC the problem is that you can't decide wether make failed due to a missing target or due to a failed recursive make call (which will happen a lot with -n, at least for all packages that use autoconf or a similar configure system...) This is not really a bug in make, more a missing feature. Gruesse, -- Frank Lichtenheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www: http://www.djpig.de/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
