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