nix wrote :
> >>    Anyway, I changed to using GNU make to continue the build, and it
> >>    completed without failures.
> > 
> > I think this is a requirement for autoconf/automake.
>
> It is a requirement for automake-generated Makefiles; in later (as yet
> unreleased) automakes it is only a requirement if automatic dependency
> tracking is turned on.

I stand by my experience that the automake and autoconf versions which we've 
been using
for over a year now don't rely on gmake, unless you use automake -i (which is 
the dependency
tracking that you refer to).

Are you saying it is 'accidental' that it worked up to now ?

        Danny

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