GNU bug report logs - #61867
dirstamp pattern rule kills buildability with FreeBSD make, NetBSD make, AIX make

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Message #16 received at 61867 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>
To: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
Cc: vapier <at> gentoo.org, jim <at> meyering.net, 61867 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#61867: dirstamp pattern rule kills buildability with FreeBSD
 make, NetBSD make, AIX make
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 01:00:34 +0100

Karl Berry wrote:
> I reverted (attempted to, anyway) that change.

Thank you.

> since evidently @D is not supported on BSD-derived makes,
> whatever POSIX says.

Nitpicking:

I think the problem is not with $(@D), which is inside the rule.
The error message

   Cannot find a rule to create target malloc/.dirstamp

indicates that 'make' did not even start to execute that rule.

Bruno

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