Re: Trying to bootstrap my project, distcheck doesn't configure

[Bruce Korb]

In 9/9/20 11:37 AM, Bruce Korb wrote:
> So in the years since I last rebuilt my project, it seems the world 
> has changed..... What should I be looking for?
OK. I've made some progress without any hints. Now I'm hitting this that 
I've never seen before:
> $ grep do_not_make_me au*bld/autoopts/Makefile.am
> do_not_make_me_la_LIBADD += @LTALLOCA@
> do_not_make_me_la_DEPENDENCIES += @LTALLOCA@
> EXTRA_do_not_make_me_la_SOURCES += alloca.c
> EXTRA_do_not_make_me_la_SOURCES += dup2.c
> do_not_make_me_la_SOURCES += fd-hook.c
> do_not_make_me_la_SOURCES += gettext.h
> EXTRA_do_not_make_me_la_SOURCES += msvc-inval.c
> EXTRA_do_not_make_me_la_SOURCES += msvc-nothrow.c
> EXTRA_do_not_make_me_la_SOURCES += nanosleep.c
> do_not_make_me_la_SOURCES += parse-duration.c
> EXTRA_do_not_make_me_la_SOURCES += raise.c
> EXTRA_do_not_make_me_la_SOURCES += select.c
> do_not_make_me_la_SOURCES += sig-handler.c
> EXTRA_do_not_make_me_la_SOURCES += sigaction.c
> EXTRA_do_not_make_me_la_SOURCES += sigprocmask.c
> do_not_make_me_la_SOURCES += sockets.h sockets.c
> do_not_make_me_la_SOURCES += stat-time.c
> do_not_make_me_la_SOURCES += sys_socket.c
> do_not_make_me_la_SOURCES += timespec.c
> do_not_make_me_la_SOURCES += unistd.c
which trigger error messages that I can get around by hacking in dummy 
initial assignments, but I'm guessing that's not the intended method. I 
need a clue, please? Thank you.

> autoopts/Makefile.am:97: error: do_not_make_me_la_LIBADD must be set 
> with '=' before using '+='
> autoopts/Makefile.am:98: error: do_not_make_me_la_DEPENDENCIES must be 
> set with '=' before using '+='
> autoopts/Makefile.am:100: error: EXTRA_do_not_make_me_la_SOURCES must 
> be set with '=' before using '+='
> autoopts/Makefile.am:146: error: do_not_make_me_la_SOURCES must be set 
> with '=' before using '+='
> autoopts/Makefile.am:390: error: MOSTLYCLEANDIRS must be set with '=' 
> before using '+='
> autoopts/Makefile.am:100: warning: variable 
> 'EXTRA_do_not_make_me_la_SOURCES' is defined but no program or
> autoopts/Makefile.am:100: library has 'do_not_make_me_la' as canonical 
> name (possible typo)
> autoopts/Makefile.am:146: warning: variable 
> 'do_not_make_me_la_SOURCES' is defined but no program or
> autoopts/Makefile.am:146: library has 'do_not_make_me_la' as canonical 
> name (possible typo)
> autoopts/Makefile.am:97: warning: variable 'do_not_make_me_la_LIBADD' 
> is defined but no program or
> autoopts/Makefile.am:97: library has 'do_not_make_me_la' as canonical 
> name (possible typo)
> autoopts/Makefile.am:98: warning: variable 
> 'do_not_make_me_la_DEPENDENCIES' is defined but no program or
> autoopts/Makefile.am:98: library has 'do_not_make_me_la' as canonical 
> name (possible typo)