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distcheck bug
- From: Bob Friesenhahn <bfriesen at simple dot dallas dot tx dot us>
- To: automake at gnu dot org
- Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 10:43:43 -0500 (CDT)
- Subject: distcheck bug
There is an Automake bug in 'make distcheck' which is causing me
considerable pain. The problem is that while configuring subordinate
builds, Automake allows configure to use any old compiler rather than
the one specified with CC or CXX while configuring the project. In
spite of using any old compiler, it takes great care to pass other
user-provided options (e.g. -L options) to the subordinate builds.
This bug causes 'make distcheck' to needlessly fail for me when I
specify the use of a 64-bit compiler, and a linker search path
suitable for that compiler. The subordinate builds end up using a
32-bit compiler along with options which only work for the 64-bit
compiler so 'make distcheck' fails.
Is use of any old compiler accidental or intentional?
Bob
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Bob Friesenhahn
bfriesen@simple.dallas.tx.us
http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen