On 06/26/2012 06:40 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > Commit a22717dffe3 removed the --run argument, since our new preferred > calling conventions now imply it; but if a newer 'missing' is mixed > with an already built project that used an older Automake version, then > the 'Makefile' in that project will fail due to passing the --run > option when trying to bring the project up-to-date. > > * lib/missing: Parse and ignore --run. > --- > Thanks. I've applied the patch (after tweaking the commit message a bit), and will push shortly if there are no objections. FYI, here is the new commit message:
missing: --run is supported again (as a no-op) for use by older automake Commit v1.12.1-87-ga22717d of 2012-06-21 ("missing: do not touch timestamps; only warn for out-of-date files") has removed the '--run' option, since our new preferred calling conventions now imply it; but if a newer 'missing' is mixed with an already built project that used an older Automake version (this happened in practice fro GNU m4; see: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-m4/2012-06/msg00001.html>), then the 'Makefile' in that project will fail due to passing the '--run' option when trying to bring the project up-to-date. * lib/missing: Parse and ignore '--run'. Regards, Stefano