Re: Automake 1.16.1: problem with non-gnu make and gnulib

[Assaf Gordon]

On 2019-08-24 7:34 a.m., Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Aug 2019, Assaf Gordon wrote:

> > I've encountered a problem where a released tarball (of 'make dist')
> > generated by Automake-1.16.1 fails to build with non-gnu make (e.g.
> > "bmake" on BSDs).
> > The exact same project and 'make dist' with automake-1.15 builds fine.
>
> The problem may very well have to do with parts obtained from gnulib or 
> an implementation artifact from the template Makefiles.

I certainly agree - but it seems like a regression in Automake where
a structure that worked for several years (and several automake
versions) now stopped working.

I'm looking for any hints or ideas as to what changed or what is causing
the failure...

> I did a test build of GraphicsMagick using Illumos '/usr/bin/make' under 
> OmniOSce and under Ubuntu 18.04 LTS using 'bmake'.  The test builds 
> succeeded (even parallel builds), including the test suite. 
> GraphicsMagick uses a non-recursive build, but does not depend on gnulib 
> or 'po' files.

Thanks for testing!