Eric Blake-1 wrote: > And indeed, this is why I proposed the patch - without it, > 'make check' in the subdirectory gets executed before > 'make check' in the parent, and it is the automatic dependency > of the parents' 'make check' on 'all' that ensures the binaries > get built. So without my patch, './configure; make check' > tries to run the testsuite prior to the binaries existing.
What version of automake are you using? I am using automake-1.10 and './configure ; make check' works for me without having . in subdirs. I just tested automake-1.9.6 and it was the same. I am not offended by seeing '.' in the SUBDIRS but I was surprised that it seemed to be necessary. It works for me without it. I think the way automake constructs Makefiles that it tries to make this unecessary. If it is not working then it is probably a bug in automake. So I am interested in tracking this down from that perspective. Bob _______________________________________________ Findutils-patches mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/findutils-patches
