Re: gettext-0.15 Makefile

[Bruno Haible]

Denis Excoffier wrote:
> I'm compiling gettext-0.15 with GCC-4.1.1 and GNU make 3.81 under  
> powerpc-apple-darwin8.7.0.
> After the "configure" step, the file gettext-tools/examples/Makefile  
> gets built with "$(MAKE) distdir1"  as the third action under target  
> "distdir:" (line 1442). The problem is that this particular line  
> doesn't start with the usual tab. This prevents the "make" step from  
> working properly.
> 
> If however, after the "configure" step, the tab is added (by hand) in  
> front of this "$(MAKE) distdir1", everything seems to work perfectly.

Thanks for reporting this. It will be fixed in the next release.

Adding the backslash in the gettext-tools/examples/Makefile is right.
Another workaround is to install GNU sed before installing GNU gettext.

Bruno