The automake manual states that the cygwin mode requires the macro AM_CYGWIN32, but this is not true anymore since at least commit Release-1-2-31-g3038064 "merged changes from Cygnus" of 1997-08-25 (yep!); also, the AM_CYGWIN32 macro has been obsoleted from at least commit Release-1-3b-14-gd4d5968 "Track recent autoconf changes" of 1998-09-26.
So I installed the following patch to maint, and pushed. Regards, Stefano -*-*-*- docs: cygnus mode doesn't require AM_CYGWIN32 macro. * doc/automake.texi (Cygnus): Mode 'cygnus' does not require the AM_CYGWIN32 macro (and indeed hasn't required it since at least commit Release-1-2-31-g3038064 "merged changes from Cygnus" of 1997-08-25). --- ChangeLog | 8 ++++++++ doc/automake.texi | 3 +-- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 26038e1..ad51571 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,13 @@ 2010-12-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com> + docs: cygnus mode doesn't require AM_CYGWIN32 macro. + * doc/automake.texi (Cygnus): Mode 'cygnus' does not require + the AM_CYGWIN32 macro (and indeed hasn't required it since at + least commit Release-1-2-31-g3038064 "merged changes from + Cygnus" of 1997-08-25). + +2010-12-22 Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattar...@gmail.com> + distlinksbrk.test: Work around botched "make -k". * tests/distlinksbrk.test: Run "make" multiple times and grep its output each time for a single error message, rather than diff --git a/doc/automake.texi b/doc/automake.texi index 9c2074b..ab5f861 100644 --- a/doc/automake.texi +++ b/doc/automake.texi @@ -9807,8 +9807,7 @@ The options @option{no-installinfo} and @option{no-dependencies} are implied. @item -The macros @code{AM_MAINTAINER_MODE} and @code{AM_CYGWIN32} are -required. +The macro @code{AM_MAINTAINER_MODE} is required. @item The @code{check} target doesn't depend on @code{all}. -- 1.7.1