Re: dependency tracking error message

2020-02-13 Thread Jim Meyering
On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 6:40 PM Karl Berry wrote: > Looking at the automake-patches that have accumulated, I saw one to > improve the error message if dependency tracking fails. Copied below. > > It seems generally sensible to me, though I would change the wording a > little,

dependency tracking error message

2020-02-13 Thread Karl Berry
Looking at the automake-patches that have accumulated, I saw one to improve the error message if dependency tracking fails. Copied below. It seems generally sensible to me, though I would change the wording a little, and there is a spurious "the", so, revising the proposed text: AC_M

Re: When "aclocal" causes an error message, "sed: invalid option -- 'q'"

2010-11-17 Thread Eric Blake
On 11/17/2010 09:59 AM, Bruce Korb wrote: >> Is it worth installing a temporary sed wrapper earlier in your PATH that >> outputs debugging information such as the process id of its parent if it >> detects that one of the arguments starts with -q? > > Next time I run into it. I unwound everything

Re: When "aclocal" causes an error message, "sed: invalid option -- 'q'"

2010-11-17 Thread Bruce Korb
On 11/17/10 07:35, Eric Blake wrote: > On 11/17/2010 08:11 AM, Bruce Korb wrote: >>> OK. I don't see where it should come from in Autoconf nor Automake. >>> Any case the package at hand contains m4_esyscmd in configure.ac that >> ^ >>> contains a

Re: When "aclocal" causes an error message, "sed: invalid option -- 'q'"

2010-11-17 Thread Eric Blake
On 11/17/2010 08:11 AM, Bruce Korb wrote: >> OK. I don't see where it should come from in Autoconf nor Automake. >> Any case the package at hand contains m4_esyscmd in configure.ac that > ^ >> contains a buggy sed script? If not, please state ex

Re: When "aclocal" causes an error message, "sed: invalid option -- 'q'"

2010-11-17 Thread Bruce Korb
On 11/16/10 23:28, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Bruce Korb wrote on Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 10:18:50PM CET: >> On 11/16/10 12:45, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: >>> This comes probably from autoreconf, not from aclocal. >> That is rather difficult to discern. Either way, the >> controlling program needs to say

Re: When "aclocal" causes an error message, "sed: invalid option -- 'q'"

2010-11-16 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Bruce Korb wrote on Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 10:18:50PM CET: > On 11/16/10 12:45, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > This comes probably from autoreconf, not from aclocal. > That is rather difficult to discern. Either way, the > controlling program needs to say: > "I was running this script:\n%s\nAND:\n%s

Re: When "aclocal" causes an error message, "sed: invalid option -- 'q'"

2010-11-16 Thread Bruce Korb
On 11/16/10 12:45, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > This comes probably from autoreconf, not from aclocal. That is rather difficult to discern. Either way, the controlling program needs to say: "I was running this script:\n%s\nAND:\n%s" which might get wrapped again by autoreconf (or not). > (echo 1; e

Re: When "aclocal" causes an error message, "sed: invalid option -- 'q'"

2010-11-16 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hi Bruce, * Bruce Korb wrote on Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 09:37:51PM CET: > What is it really trying to say? > I'm not a real perl expert.Thank you! > > > $ autoreconf --force --install --verbose --symlink > > autoreconf: Entering directory `.' > > autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext > > a

When "aclocal" causes an error message, "sed: invalid option -- 'q'"

2010-11-16 Thread Bruce Korb
What is it really trying to say? I'm not a real perl expert.Thank you! > $ autoreconf --force --install --verbose --symlink > autoreconf: Entering directory `.' > autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext > autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I m4 > sed: invalid option -- 'q' > Usage: sed

Re: `docdir' is undefined error message

2007-11-25 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Oleg, * Oleg V. Zhylin wrote on Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 01:04:15AM CET: > > I'm using automake 1.9.6. Line in my yet simple Makefile.am > > dist_doc_DATA = README > > triggers error message > > Makefile.am:2: `dist_doc_DATA' is used but `docdir

`docdir' is undefined error message

2007-11-25 Thread Oleg V. Zhylin
Hi All, I'm using automake 1.9.6. Line in my yet simple Makefile.am dist_doc_DATA = README triggers error message Makefile.am:2: `dist_doc_DATA' is used but `docdir' is undefined '2.2.3 Standard Directory Variables' in Automake manual says that docdir&#

Re: strange error message

2002-09-21 Thread Tom Tromey
>>>>> "Nicholas" == Nicholas Kidd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Nicholas> I was wondering if someone knew what these error message meant: Nicholas> Makefile:483: warning: overriding commands for target Nicholas> `engine/cpp/engine.o' Nicholas>

strange error message

2002-09-19 Thread Nicholas Kidd
I was wondering if someone knew what these error message meant: Makefile:483: warning: overriding commands for target `engine/cpp/engine.o' Makefile:362: warning: ignoring old commands for target `engine/cpp/engine.o' Makefile:489: warning: overriding commands for target `engine/cpp/

Error message

2000-09-28 Thread Patrick Guio
Dear all I have written a Makefile.am containing the creation of a library conditionnaly if a --enable-lib is present. I get the following message when running automake % automake -a -c --include-deps automake: src/Makefile.am: warning: automake does not support libmudfas2d_la_LDFLAGS being defi