Re: .ONESHELL enhancement?

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Matt McCutchen wrote on Mon, Oct 05, 2009 at 09:00:08AM CEST:
> On Mon, 2009-10-05 at 08:44 +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > We try to avoid portability constraints stemming from GNU tools (and
> > other free software tools) by fixing these tools instead.
> 
> I don't see any way to avoid the problem on the make side without losing
> the essential benefits of .ONESHELL.  Do you?

No, I don't.

> If not, then our options
> are to change automake or leave it incompatible with .ONESHELL.

Automake will adjust.  It probably is safe already, due to the parallel
BSD make work.

> > Also, a split
> > into separate targets has other implications beside avoiding this issue.
> 
> Specifics, please.

Hmm, that was probably a blunder of mine.  Sorry.

Cheers,
Ralf