Re: problems compiling autoconf

[Paul Eggert]

Andreas Schwab <address@hidden> writes:

> "Kevin P. Fleming" <address@hidden> writes:
> > GNU software usually requires GNU make.
> 
> That's not true.

Yes, and I installed the following patch for that Autoconf bug.  I
suspect that the only reason it hasn't been noticed before is that
most traditional 'make' programs don't warn about the misuse of $<.

2004-03-03  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        * bin/Makefile.am (edit): Don't use $< in a context where
        POSIX doesn't require support for it.  Use address@hidden instead.
        Problem reported by Anthony N. Frasso in
        <http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf/2004-03/msg00008.html>.

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RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/bin/Makefile.am,v
retrieving revision 1.17
retrieving revision 1.18
diff -u -r1.17 -r1.18
--- autoconf/autoconf/bin/Makefile.am   2004/02/18 21:34:44     1.17
+++ autoconf/autoconf/bin/Makefile.am   2004/03/03 21:40:46     1.18
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
        -e 's,@AWK\@,$(AWK),g' \
        -e 's,@VERSION\@,$(VERSION),g' \
        -e 's,@PACKAGE_NAME\@,$(PACKAGE_NAME),g' \
-       -e 's,@configure_input\@,Generated from $<; do not edit by hand.,g'
+       -e 's,@configure_input\@,Generated from address@hidden; do not edit by 
hand.,g'
 
 # autoconf is written in M4sh.
 AUTOM4SH = $(top_builddir)/tests/autom4te --language M4sh --cache ''