I am using Automake 1.11.1, and have recently encountered a subtle issue
that causes compilation of some Java programs to fail.
Here is a typical build failure, produced from a minimal test case I've
assembled, using OpenJDK on Ubuntu's Natty release:
make[3]: Entering directory `/tmp/automake-ja
Hi Daniel, thanks for the report.
On Monday 15 August 2011, Daniel Richard wrote:
> I am using Automake 1.11.1, and have recently encountered a subtle issue
> that causes compilation of some Java programs to fail.
>
> Here is a typical build failure, produced from a minimal test case I've
> assem
On Monday 15 August 2011, Philipp Thomas wrote:
> * Stefano Lattarini (stefano.lattar...@gmail.com) [20110808 23:53]:
>
> > May I ask you whether you've managed to solve your problem? If yes, I
> > could close this bug report then.
>
> Sorry for answering so late. It disappeared without me doing
On Tuesday 16 August 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> On Monday 15 August 2011, Philipp Thomas wrote:
> > * Stefano Lattarini (stefano.lattar...@gmail.com) [20110808 23:53]:
> >
> > > May I ask you whether you've managed to solve your problem? If yes, I
> > > could close this bug report then.
> >
On Friday 12 August 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> OK, the attached hacky patch seems to fix the bug.
>
LOL no, there was an embarassingly stupid error in my patch:
diff --git a/lib/am/check.am b/lib/am/check.am
index 0b54312..75f8bba 100644
--- a/lib/am/check.am
+++ b/lib/am/check.am
@@ -2
On 08/16/2011 10:04 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
The "proper fix" is even easier BTW: just use "$$exit || exit 1" instead.
The updated patch should now work (and I've tested it properly this time).
This new patch hasn't been derived by "cargo-cult guessing", but from the
explanation of the relev
Hi Eric.
On Tuesday 16 August 2011, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 08/16/2011 10:04 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> > The "proper fix" is even easier BTW: just use "$$exit || exit 1" instead.
> >
> > The updated patch should now work (and I've tested it properly this time).
> > This new patch hasn't been d
On Friday 05 August 2011, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> On Thursday 04 August 2011, Peter Johansson wrote:
>
> > cat > Makefile.am < > TEST_EXTENSIONS = .test
> > TESTS = test/foo.test
> > EOF
> >
> You've forgotten to add $(TESTS) to $(EXTRA_DIST) here:
>
> EXTRA_DIST = $(TESTS)
>
> If you add t
On Tue, 2011 Aug 16 15:30+0200, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>
> Luckily, as far as I know, the above construct should be portable to
> all non-museum shells. So I've used it with only a minor modification
> (with the only purpose of making the contruct slighlty clearer):
>
> CLASSPATH=mumblemumble$
