Re: [Automake-NG] [FYI 5/6] tests: don't disable portability warnings when there's no need

[Stefano Lattarini]

Hi Akim.

On 05/25/2012 08:53 AM, Akim Demaille wrote:
> 
> Le 25 mai 2012 à 02:16, Stefano Lattarini a écrit :
> 
>> Some annoying portability warnings only needed for non-GNU makes have
>> since long been removed in Automake-NG, so they don't have to be
>> explicitly disabled in tests that checked "unportable" behaviors.
> 
> So maybe we should drop -Wportability.
>
I thought that as well, but doing so would prevent us from warning about
portability problems not related to GNU make (e.g., the use of "aux" as
a directory name, unportable to Windows at least until XP), or the use of
subdir-objects without having checked that the compiler supports the use
of the "-c -o" options together (this is done with the AM_PROG_CC_C_O
autoconf macro).

So I'd say it's better to keep the status quo for the moment.

> Unless you expect to deal with GNU Make versions portability issues?
>
God no :-)

Regards,
  Stefano