Justin Erenkrantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > 5) There is a known build problem when using GNU make version 3.77
> > on some systems, which appears to be a bug in that version of gmake.
> > Upgrading to a newer version of gmake fixes the problem.
>
> AFAIK, this is a problem. I don't care to spend any time fixing this
> when an upgraded version solves the problem. If someone wants to
> submit a patch, but this is really just a broken make. We should
> have a "Platform Notes" section in the README or INSTALL (where?).
> It'd be nice to also add the note about the broken Linux 2.4.3 stuff
> I stumbled across a few weeks ago. -- justin
I still hope to eventually fix server/Makefile.in so it will work on
the two systems where I've had problems (any OS/390 and a particular
Solaris 8/gmake ??? combination*). We're using a non-portable feature:
some/any form of expansion of wildcards in a dependency list.
I dunno exactly which problem Cliff refers to; I'm guessing he refers
to the one where running make twice works around the problem.
*maybe this is a gmake bug where an upgrade is appropriate, but since
it has to be fixed anyway for another platform's make it doesn't make
much difference to me
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