On Fri, 4 Dec 2015 13:50:22 +0000 Nicholas Brown
<nickbroon+deb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Package: automake
> Version: 1:1.14.1-4
> Severity: important
> Tags: upstream patch
>
> By default Debian dh passes --disable-dependacy-tracking when building.
> If the package rules also adds --builddirectory to use out of source
builds
> (eg. "dh $@ --builddirectory=build --parallel --with autoreconf"),
and the
> package happens to be using subdir-objects automake option and
generated source
> files from lex/yacc then the build will fail.
>
> Eg.
>
> mkdir build
> ../configure --disable-dependency-tracking --disable-silent-rules
> make
>
> /bin/bash ../ylwrap ../src/scanner.ll lex.yy.c src/scanner.cc -- flex
> ../ylwrap: line 206: ../src/scanner.cc: No such file or directory
> Makefile:422: recipe for target 'src/scanner.cc' failed
> make: *** [src/scanner.cc] Error 1
>
> A simple patch to lex.am and yacc.am fixes this.
>
> This broken in both Jessie and Stretch/Sid. It would be good to see
it fixed in
> all.
>
>
>
Upstream automake development is currently dormant. How to proceed?
