> 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).
This could be what I was thinking about..
>
> Are you saying it is 'accidental' that it worked up to now ?
>
> Danny
>
>
