Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Installing coreutils 4.5.9 with make-3.76.1 halts just after you type > `make', without any output. Yes, I know 3.76.1 is 6 year old but > that's what is installed on a Solaris station I have to use these days > (and it's called `make', not even `gmake'). This `bug' doesn't occur > in the other packages I recompiled. ... > The problem comes from the following two lines in Makefile.maint. > > prev_version_file ?= .prev-version > PREV_VERSION := $(shell cat $(prev_version_file)) > > make-3.76.1 doesn't understand `?='. > According to NEWS, `?=' is supported "only" since 3.77. > > Rewriting the first line as > > ifeq ($(origin prev_version_file), undefined) > prev_version_file = .prev-version > endif
Hi Alexandre! Thank you for the great bug report! I've done as you suggest. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
