Bug 240202 - Elfutils doesn't compile with automake 1.10
Summary: Elfutils doesn't compile with automake 1.10
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: elfutils
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Roland McGrath
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-05-15 19:06 UTC by Nurdin Premji
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:12 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version: 0.128-1
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2007-06-08 21:21:57 UTC
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Description Nurdin Premji 2007-05-15 19:06:12 UTC 
Description of problem:
automake 1.10 complains when trying to build elfutils.

gives error message:

backends/Makefile.am 27 shell pwd: non-POSIX variable name (probably a GNU make
extension). %-style pattern rules are a GNU make extension
....

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
elfutils 0.127

How reproducible:
always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. try to compile elfutils on fedora 7 rawhide.
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Actual results:
Above error.

Expected results:
automake succeed.

Additional info:
changing configure.ac AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE strictness from gnits to foreign fixes this.
Comment 1 Roland McGrath 2007-05-16 20:36:01 UTC 
I fixed this upstream (added -Wno-portability).
Comment 2 Roland McGrath 2007-06-08 21:21:57 UTC 
Fixed in 0.128
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