[bug #61832] Makefile.am: error caused be "MOSTLYCLEANDIRS" not being set to empty

[Bjarni Ingi Gislason]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61832>

                 Summary: Makefile.am: error caused be "MOSTLYCLEANDIRS" not
being set to empty
                 Project: GNU troff
            Submitted by: bjarniig
            Submitted on: Sun 16 Jan 2022 05:13:01 PM UTC
                Category: Core
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Build/Installation
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
         Planned Release: None

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Details:

Subject: Makefile.am: error caused be "MOSTLYCLEANDIRS" not being set to
empty

  This emerged after

adding "posixcheck" to variable "gnulib_modules" in "bootstrap.conf"

command "make distclean" in the build directory

command "bootstrap" in the git/groff directory.

---cut---
autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing
lib/gnulib.mk:119: error: MOSTLYCLEANDIRS must be set with '=' before
using '+='
Makefile.am:648:   'lib/gnulib.mk' included from here
autoreconf: error: automake failed with exit status: 1
./bootstrap: autoreconf failed
---cut---

Using bootstrap 2021-04-11.09

  Fix by adding "MOSTLYCLEANDIRS =", for example before the line with

MOSTLYCLEANFILES =





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