Re: [Automake-NG] [FYI 2/2] built sources: avoid fork bomb in $(BUILT_SOURCES) handling

[Stefano Lattarini]

Hi Akim.

On 09/16/2012 03:48 PM, Akim Demaille wrote:
> 
> Le 11 sept. 2012 à 16:49, Stefano Lattarini a écrit :
> 
>> Due to how the handling of $(BUILT_SOURCES) was implemented in Automake-NG,
>> a recursive make call in the recipe of any $(BUILT_SOURCES) (or of any of
>> its prerequisites) would have caused an infinite recursion (complete with
>> fork bomb, yuck).  Work around the issue.
> 
> Shouldn't some error message be sent to diagnose something wrong?
> 
But my patch now *avoids* the error in the first place (see the test case),
so we shouldn't report anything.  Or am I missing something?

Regards,
  Stefano