Re: Bug report

[Prof. Dr. Doeringer (FB Informatik)]

Hi, thanks for your reaction.
I understand that the most sensible thing for us to do is to upgrade. I
will do so and see whether the problem persists. 
More later,
best regards Willi Doeringer

On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Johan Bezem wrote:

> Please keep the mails on the list (reply-to set).
> 
> To start with, I just need the regular stdout from a normal call to make,
> using the problematic version, possibly with a binary correct (as
> attachment) version of the problematic makefile. If I need more, I'll shout.
> 
> But then again: make version 3.77 is 'terribly' old. Could you try again
> using 3.79.1 or 3.80. and see if it still fails? Maybe Paul has some
> knowledge about such errors being present in older versions, however, I've
> only got experience since 3.79.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Johan Bezem
> CSK Software AG
> 
> "Prof. Dr. Doeringer (FB Informatik)" wrote:
> > 
> > Dear Mr. Bezem, thanks for your reaction. I will send you the output of
> > the problematic version - could you advise me on the switches to use when
> > running make so that you get all the information you require?
> > The version info for make follows:
> > GNU Make version 3.77, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath.
> > Copyright (C) 1988, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98
> >         Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> > 
> > Best regards, W. Doeringer
> > 
> > On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Johan Bezem wrote:
> > 
> > > The makefile looks quite normal and simple to me. Executing the *.h file
> > > could have resulted from:
> > > - a missing/extraneous tab in the wrong place, or
> > > - a missing/extraneous line continuation character.
> > > Otherwise, please provide the makefile that produces the error (as this 
> > > one
> > > apparently is not), as well as the exact output from make and its executed
> > > command lines.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Johan Bezem
> > > CSK Software AG
> > >
> > > "Prof. Dr. Doeringer (FB Informatik)" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi, there is a problem with make I cannot figure out at all. Hence I 
> > > > send
> > > > you the make-file causing the headaches. I am more than happy to supply
> > > > further information or give you access to my machine to do further 
> > > > tests.
> > > > Best regards, W. Doeringer
> > > >
> > > > PS.: Otherwise, I have been using make for years and it did not fail!
> > > >
> > > >   
> > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > >                 Name: XDebug.mk
> > > >    XDebug.mk    Type: Plain Text (TEXT/PLAIN)
> > > >             Encoding: BASE64
> > > >
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