GNU bug report logs - #55025
Automake should allow one to enable POSIX make behavior

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Package: automake;

Reported by: Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net>

Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 15:35:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: confirmed

Done: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>

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From: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
To: vincent <at> vinc17.net
Cc: 55025 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, vapier <at> gentoo.org
Subject: bug#55025: Automake should allow one to enable POSIX make behavior
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2023 16:01:03 -0700

I am doubtful about blithely defining .POSIX unconditionally. I feel
sure that will break existing Makefiles. I don't think we should do that.

Detecting .POSIX in an existing Makefile.am and moving it to the front
sounds desirable, since that is clearly what the developer intended.

Another (not mutually exclusive) possibility is to add an Automake
option (say, "make-posix") that outputs the .POSIX line. --thanks, karl.
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