Re: [Nano-devel] nano uses an unportable Makefile construct.

[Chris Allegretta]

This should be fixed in r4386.  Thanks Eitan.

On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 7:40 PM, Eitan Adler <address@hidden> wrote:
> Christian Weisgerber and I noticed that nano uses a gnu make specific
> feature.
>
> Christian Weisgerber tried sending this email to this list but is not
> subscribed.
>
> From: Christian Weisgerber <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Unportable Makefile construct
>
> nano uses an unportable Makefile construct.
>
> The use of a $< outside a suffix rule is a GNU make extension and breaks
> with other make implementations.  This needs to be replaced with $?, or
> better yet, spell out the source file explicitly.
>
> Makefile.in
> =======================================
>
> --- doc/man/Makefile.in.orig
>
> +++ doc/man/Makefile.in
>
> @@ -630,11 +630,11 @@
>
> 630
> 631
> address@hidden@nano.1.html:·nano.1
> address@hidden@» groff·-t·-mandoc·-Thtml·<·$<·>·$@
> address@hidden@» groff·-t·-mandoc·-Thtml·<·$?·>·$@
> address@hidden@nanorc.5.html:·nanorc.5
> address@hidden@» groff·-t·-mandoc·-Thtml·<·$<·>·$@
> address@hidden@» groff·-t·-mandoc·-Thtml·<·$?·>·$@
> address@hidden@rnano.1.html:·rnano.1
> address@hidden@» groff·-t·-mandoc·-Thtml·<·$<·>·$@
> address@hidden@» groff·-t·-mandoc·-Thtml·<·$?·>·$@
> 638#·Tell·versions·[3.59,3.63)·of·GNU·make·to·not·export·all·variables.
> 639#·Otherwise·a·system·limit·(for·SysV·at·least)·may·be·exceeded.
> 640.NOEXPORT:
>
> Makefile.in
> =======================================
>
> --- doc/man/fr/Makefile.in.orig
>
> +++ doc/man/fr/Makefile.in
>
> @@ -434,11 +434,11 @@
>
> 434
> 435
> 436nano.1.html:·nano.1
> -437» groff·-t·-mandoc·-Thtml·<·$<·>·$@
> +437» groff·-t·-mandoc·-Thtml·<·$?·>·$@
> 438nanorc.5.html:·nanorc.5
> -439» groff·-t·-mandoc·-Thtml·<·$<·>·$@
> +439» groff·-t·-mandoc·-Thtml·<·$?·>·$@
> 440rnano.1.html:·rnano.1
> -441» groff·-t·-mandoc·-Thtml·<·$<·>·$@
> +441» groff·-t·-mandoc·-Thtml·<·$?·>·$@
> 442#·Tell·versions·[3.59,3.63)·of·GNU·make·to·not·export·all·variables.
> 443#·Otherwise·a·system·limit·(for·SysV·at·least)·may·be·exceeded.
> 444.NOEXPORT:
> --
> Eitan Adler
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