Angus wrote:
> This is a gnu make-ism, isn't it? At the moment the XForms frontend
> builds with non-gnu makes. I don't think that we should change that.
Automake generates plenty of entries with the "%.a: %.b" format.
Take a look at your Makefiles. They appear to be libtool related
mostly but they're there.
What I do know is that my gnu make doesn't find the rule for creating
the .C files from the .fd files unless I change it as per the patch.
I tried removing the Makefile.am and getting a fresh replacement
in case it was somehow corrupted. Didn't make any difference. I
tried moving the rule earlier in the generated Makefile -- still
doesn't work.
Here's what `info make` has to say on the subject of rules:
Old-Fashioned Suffix Rules
==========================
"Suffix rules" are the old-fashioned way of defining implicit rules
for `make'. Suffix rules are obsolete because pattern rules are more
general and clearer. They are supported in GNU `make' for
compatibility with old makefiles.
...
Here is the old-fashioned way to define the rule for compiling a C
source file:
.c.o:
$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -o $@ $<
...
Introduction to Pattern Rules
-----------------------------
A pattern rule contains the character `%' (exactly one of them) in
the target; otherwise, it looks exactly like an ordinary rule. The
target is a pattern for matching file names; the `%' matches any
nonempty substring, while other characters match only themselves.
...
Features of GNU `make'
**********************
...
The following features were inspired by various other versions of
`make'. In some cases it is unclear exactly which versions inspired
which others.
* Pattern rules using `%'. This has been implemented in several
versions of `make'. We're not sure who invented it first, but
it's been spread around a bit. *Note Defining and Redefining
Pattern Rules: Pattern Rules.
> I'm rather suspicious of the bug report as nobody has complained
> before and, let's face it, most of our users use gnu make.
Maybe nobody else has as old a toolchain as I do?
Maybe they all use Kayvan's rpms?
Maybe they download the distribution which has these files generated?
Maybe I shouldn't have `make maintainer-clean`ed my cvs tree?
Got any better ideas?
My toolchain :
gcc-2.95.3
make-3.79.1
autoconf-2.13
automake-1.4
libtool-1.3.5
LyX 1.3.6cvs of Wed, Oct 6, 2004
Built on Nov 4 2004, 14:34:39
Configuration
Host type: i686-pc-linux-gnu
Special build flags: warnings assertions
xforms-image-loader
C Compiler: gcc
C Compiler flags: -g -O2
C++ Compiler: g++ (2.95.3)
C++ Compiler flags: -g -O -Wno-non-template-friend
-ftemplate-depth-30 -W -Wall
Linker flags:
Frontend: xforms
libXpm version: 4.11
libforms version: 1.0.0
LyX binary dir: /home/rae/bin
LyX files dir: /home/rae/share/lyx
Do you still have no-smiley fridays?
Allan. (ARRae)
