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From: Michael Mol <mikemol@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Update to "make" breaks lots of things...
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 14:37:40 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+czFiBk5nGocvFJqoZyuuAEuLKsFQcKnj27x9SvpwKEXt+OEA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <j1pa0c$q96$1@dough.gmane.org>

On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't think this is Gentoo-specific, but I've noticed that a recent
> update to "make" is causing makefile breakage.  For example, trying to
> build a Linux 2.6.28 kernel:
>
>  beta linux-2.6.28-gentoo-r5 # make oldconfig
>  Makefile:442: *** mixed implicit and normal rules.  Stop.
>
> Apparently the authors of "make" are cracking down on things that have
> been allowed for many years. As a result, some Makefiles don't work
> anymore.
>
> At least for me, that means that "make" now needs to be slotted so
> that I can keep an older version around that's compatible with older
> Makefiles.  Is there any chance of that?
>
> [I don't suppose anybody knows off-hand which version of "make"
> introduced all the breakage?]

I haven't encountered this yet. Which version of make are you running?

-- 
:wq



  reply	other threads:[~2011-08-08 18:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-08-08 18:30 [gentoo-user] Update to "make" breaks lots of things Grant Edwards
2011-08-08 18:37 ` Michael Mol [this message]
2011-08-08 19:31 ` Albert W. Hopkins
2011-08-08 20:12   ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2011-08-08 20:22     ` Dale
2011-08-08 22:16     ` Joerg Schilling

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