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Re: PATCH g77/Make-lang.in intdoc.texi dependencies inconsistency
- To: Alexandre Oliva <oliva@dcc.unicamp.br>
- Subject: Re: PATCH g77/Make-lang.in intdoc.texi dependencies inconsistency
- From: Jeffrey A Law <law@cygnus.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 19:57:55 -0600
- cc: Hans-Peter Nilsson <hans-peter.nilsson@axis.com>, gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org
- Reply-To: law@cygnus.com
In message <oryaeshop0.fsf@cupuacu.lsd.dcc.unicamp.br>you write:
> On Aug 30, 1999, Jeffrey A Law <law@cygnus.com> wrote:
>
> > In message <199908292219.AAA18850@ignucius.axis.se>you write:
> >> * Make-lang.in ($(srcdir)/f/intdoc.texi): Prefix dependencies with
> >> $(srcdir).
>
> > This is wrong and bad. While it will fix some problems with the majorly
> > braindead Sun make, it will break things for other makes.
>
> How could it break anything? Adding `$(srcdir)/' where appropriate
> has never been a problem on automake.
It really can. I'd have to go dig out some old mail, but we ran into some
real problems when someone changed gdb in a similar manner.
jeff