Re: GNU make 3.99.91 release candidate is available

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Paul,

Am 16.09.2013 um 07:10 schrieb Paul Smith:
> Hi all.  The second release candidate, 3.99.91, for the next version of
> GNU make, is now available on alpha:
> 
> ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/make/make-3.99.91.tar.bz2  
> f560e25dc1b389f0467bfcc1070fa372
> ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/make/make-3.99.91.tar.gz   
> 531fc31c44b50925f0266dde61f539a2
> 
> There are many bug fixes since the last RC.  Please see the NEWS file
> for full details.
> 
> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/make.git/tree/NEWS
> 
> Barring terrible bugs I'd like to close this release and get it out the
> door.  Please test and verify.

I'll get an error compiling it on Solaris 10 Sparc with Sun Studio 12:

> /opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc -DLOCALEDIR=\"/opt/csw/share/locale\" 
> -DLIBDIR=\"/opt/csw/lib\" -DINCLUDEDIR=\"/opt/csw/include\" -DHAVE_CONFIG_H 
> -I.  -I./glob  -I/opt/csw/include -D_REENTRANT -pthreads 
> -I/opt/csw/include/guile/2.0 -I/opt/csw/include   -xO3 -m32 -xarch=sparc -c 
> guile.c
> "guile.c", line 74: warning: argument #5 is incompatible with prototype:
>         prototype: pointer to void : 
> "/opt/csw/include/guile/2.0/libguile/gsubr.h", line 68
>         argument : pointer to function(pointer to struct scm_unused_struct 
> {char scm_unused_field}) returning pointer to struct scm_unused_struct {char 
> scm_unused_field}
> "guile.c", line 77: warning: argument #5 is incompatible with prototype:
>         prototype: pointer to void : 
> "/opt/csw/include/guile/2.0/libguile/gsubr.h", line 68
>         argument : pointer to function(pointer to struct scm_unused_struct 
> {char scm_unused_field}) returning pointer to struct scm_unused_struct {char 
> scm_unused_field}
> /opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc -D_REENTRANT -pthreads -I/opt/csw/include/guile/2.0 
> -I/opt/csw/include   -xO3 -m32 -xarch=sparc  -m32 -xarch=sparc -L/opt/csw/lib 
> -o make ar.o arscan.o commands.o default.o dir.o expand.o file.o function.o 
> getopt.o getopt1.o implicit.o job.o load.o loadapi.o main.o misc.o output.o 
> read.o remake.o rule.o signame.o strcache.o variable.o version.o vpath.o 
> hash.o remote-stub.o guile.o glob/libglob.a -lkstat  /opt/csw/lib/libintl.so 
> -R/opt/csw/lib -L/opt/csw/lib -lguile-2.0 -lgc    -lrt 
> ld: fatal: soname option (-h, --soname) is incompatible with building a 
> dynamic executable
> ld: fatal: flags processing errors
> gmake[2]: *** [make] Error 1

Please let me know if you need more information.


Best regards

  -- Dago