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
Subject: bug#55025: Automake should allow one to enable POSIX make behavior
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2023 15:08:42 -0600

    Yes, Automake should either detect a ".POSIX:" in the Makefile.am
    file (at least if it is the first non-comment line) and place it at
    the beginning of Makefile.in, or provide an option to be used with
    AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE (or AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS) in order to have a ".POSIX:"
    at the beginning of Makefile.in.

Ok. I welcome patches for either or both. It's not something I'll be
implementing myself any time soon (regrettably).

    The Makefile.am files of GNU MPFR have a ".POSIX:" target 

Glad to know it works in practice for you. I'm just surprised that
nothing in Automake's make output breaks under POSIX. --thanks, karl.
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