On 11/12/10 11:19 AM, Robert Dodier wrote:
> Ray, I tried it again on a different system (also Linux)
> and ./configure works OK. One difference (dunno what
> others there might be) is that autoconf is 2.61 on the
> system where ./configure works and 2.59 on the one
> where it doesn't work.
>
Perhaps that's the problem. The oldest version I have is 2.61. The
oldest version of automake I have is 1.10.
> I do get some warnings from sh bootstrap on the system
> for which ./configure works. I've appended them below.
>
> best
>
> Robert Dodier
>
> PS.
> $ sh bootstrap
> + aclocal
> + automake --add-missing --copy
> src/Makefile.am:314: `%'-style pattern rules are a GNU make extension
> src/Makefile.am:315: subst echo_,,$@: non-POSIX variable name
> src/Makefile.am:315: (probably a GNU make extension)
> src/Makefile.am:315: $(subst echo_,,$@: non-POSIX variable name
> src/Makefile.am:315: (probably a GNU make extension)
> src/Makefile.am:316: subst echo_,,$@: non-POSIX variable name
> src/Makefile.am:316: (probably a GNU make extension)
> src/Makefile.am:316: origin $(subst echo_,,$@: non-POSIX variable name
> src/Makefile.am:316: (probably a GNU make extension)
> + autoconf
>
I've seen these messages since forever, so this isn't caused by the
recent changes.
Ray