Bootstrap failure: objdir=srcdir, FreeBSD make

[Mark Mitchell]

>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha@arm.com> writes:

    Richard> This argument only makes sense if the GNU make
    Richard> maintainers are prepared to commit to GNU make always
    Richard> building with a K&R compiler (more specifically, that
    Richard> their code will never rely on GCCisms.  Otherwise we end
    Richard> up in a loop where one can't build either tool on a
    Richard> virgin system until the other is built.

That is correct.

I believe that is already true, but I am not an expert on GNU make.

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