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Re: [PATCH] Update to automake 1.8
From: |
Yoshinori K. Okuji |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] Update to automake 1.8 |
Date: |
Fri, 23 Apr 2004 13:37:05 +0200 |
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On Thursday 22 April 2004 15:19, Jeroen Dekkers wrote:
> I recently looked at the manual and saw that the version and date
> weren't updated. This is because automake 1.7 doesn't update info
> files (and thus version.texi) in the source directory but in the
> build directory. Automake 1.8 changed this back, and if you change
> the manual the version.texi in the source directory will also be
> updated automatically. The following patch updates the input files
> so that everything works fine with automake 1.8.
I see, but please do not specify 1.8 in Makefile.am at the moment,
because I use automake 1.7.x.
> It also fixes some portability issue, namely that pattern rules (%:
> %.exec) are only supported by GNU make. It is now possible to
> compile grub with BSD make.
Ok.
Thanks,
Okuji