Re: master has switched from Automake to GNU Make

[Robert Marshall]

Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:

> On 03/17/2017 08:55 AM, Paul Eggert wrote:
>> I'm planning to remove nt/gnulib.mk from the build process soon (see
>> Bug#26100), and this should fix whatever build-process bug you just
>> experienced.
>
> I installed this change into Emacs master. It discontinues the use of
> Automake and moves some makefiles around, so you'll have to run
> './autogen.sh' and then './configure'. Although there's a bit of pain
> now (and there will probably be some shakeout bugs), I hope that the
> new approach causes fewer gnulib.mk etc. glitches in the future.

I've run both those but am getting a build failure

make[1]: Entering directory '/home/robertmarshall/emacs/lib'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target 'c++defs.h', needed by 'stdio.h'.
make[1]: *** No rule to make target 'arg-nonnull.h', needed by 'stdio.h'.
make[1]: *** No rule to make target 'warn-on-use.h', needed by 'stdio.h'.
make[1]: Target 'all' not remade because of errors.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/robertmarshall/emacs/lib'
Makefile:403: recipe for target 'lib' failed
make: *** [lib] Error 2

Robert