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Re: [PATCH] Portability fix for GNU make 3.79.1.
From: |
Ralf Wildenhues |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] Portability fix for GNU make 3.79.1. |
Date: |
Mon, 4 Aug 2008 20:52:44 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) |
Hi Eric,
* Eric Blake wrote on Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 08:42:45PM CEST:
> Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues <at> gmx.de> writes:
> >
> > * top/GNUmakefile: Avoid 'else COND', which older GNU make
> > versions do not understand.
> This patch causes problems:
>
> $ make -C build distcheck
> make: Entering directory `/home/eblake/m4/build'
> GNUmakefile:76: *** commands commence before first target. Stop.
Which make version is that?
> make: Leaving directory `/home/eblake/m4/build'
>
> I hate file formats that are sensitive to whitespace. But since that is the
> culprit, I'm committing the obvious fix that replaces the TABs you inserted
> back to spaces.
Thanks, and sorry about this glitch,
Ralf