Re: [Simulavr-devel] [bug #40559] bootstrap doesn't build src/Makefile.in

[ThomasK]

Hi,

> > %.o: $(srcdir)/%.c
>
> If the goal is to get rid of GNU make dependencies, I think that
> fred.o greg.o ... zith.o : $(srcdir)/$*.c
> might be the best that can done.

I'm not sure, what the warning message mean, because the line above (if 
this is the suspicious line) is plain old make syntax. It's also not 
impossible, that's a bug in autotools.

I'll try to analyse it, if I find time. Sure, make and autotools are bad 
beasts. But the biggest problem is, to find a solution, which will work 
on the most used distributions and OS. So, that's really tricky.

To "pin" a special version combination of automake/autotools for use is, 
in my opinion, not a really good idea. As Markus wrote, it comes with 
the newest distribution and most people haven't the knowledge to change 
to another version combination.

Of course, that's like in the story of rabbit and hedgehog. There will 
be ever a new release of this tools and new distributions ... and the 
work, to fix bugs, which come up with that.

I think, Markus patches will give a quick fix (I'll try it also) to be 
able to build simulavr. Later we can try to solve it right.

cu, Thomas