Bootstrap failure: objdir=srcdir, FreeBSD make

[Bruce Korb]

> >>>>> "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.

True if binaries cannot be downloaded and cross compilers cannot
be gotten to work.  This may be more theoretical than a real problem.