SunOS: Fw: Automake and Sun's make

From: Robert Collins <robert.collins@dont-contact.us>
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 19:55:58 +1000

Henrik, I think our mail got lost, how this was on the same issue,
reported a day later.

The implication I get from the response is that there is a switch or
option to SunOS's make to turn off VPATH support. You wouldn't have
happened to notice it in your manpage reading?

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Akim Demaille" <akim@epita.fr>
To: "Martin Frydl" <martin@idoox.com>
Cc: <automake@gnu.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2001 12:23 AM
Subject: Re: Automake and Sun's make

> >>>>> "Martin" == Martin Frydl <martin@idoox.com> writes:
>
> Martin> Hello, I've encountered problem when using automake generated
> Martin> makefiles with Sun's make.
>
> Martin> When VPATH is used with Sun's make, it changes
> Martin> filenames in rules. Lets have a makefile like this:
>
> This is precisely why we don't support VPATH onm SunOS. So don't use
> it, and let Automake to without.
>
>
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