Re: [PATCH 4/4] Use AM_MISSING_PROG when making bison the default YACC here

[Daniel Richard G.]

On Wed, 2010 Apr 28 01:23+0200, Bruno Haible wrote:
>
> OK, so that was the original problem. I agree it's a nasty one.
>
> One approach is described in the autoconf documentation
> <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/html_node/Timestamps-and-Make.html>
> This approach looks reasonable. You are welcome to submit patch for
> gnulib to use this approach.

Timestamps were not the problem. The native make(1) worked fine (i.e.
did not try to invoke $(YACC)) when building inside the source tree.

> Another approach is to document that your package requires GNU make
> for building. Nowadays, GNU make is preinstalled on many platforms and
> quickly built on the other platforms.

But that's a slippery slope. Next, it's GCC, to build C99 code. Then,
CMake, because no one knows how to write M4. Then it's, "Dude, why don't
you just run Linux?"

No, only madness lies down that path....


--Daniel


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