From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sfi-mx-1.v28.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.28.121] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by 235xhf1.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1N6UG8-000262-LI for ltp-list@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:14:08 +0000 Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]) by 29vjzd1.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) id 1N6UFx-0007FU-Bn for ltp-list@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:14:03 +0000 Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:13:43 +0100 From: Andi Kleen Message-ID: <20091106191343.GC819@basil.fritz.box> References: <20091106095745.GA25377@basil.fritz.box> <200911060616.40305.vapier@gentoo.org> <20091106130906.GW31511@one.firstfloor.org> <200911060821.40182.vapier@gentoo.org> <364299f40911061004mbb02ed3lf02a33164890625a@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <364299f40911061004mbb02ed3lf02a33164890625a@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [LTP] LTP 20091031 Makefiles totally broken?!? List-Id: Linux Test Project General Discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: ltp-list-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Garrett Cooper Cc: ltp-list@lists.sourceforge.net, Andi Kleen , Mike Frysinger > So yes, there are known issues with using make versions <3.81. The For me it seems more the known issue is in the Makefile. 3.80 is a widely used Make version. > reason being that some macros and functions that I use to determine > absolute path, etc were not available in make 3.80. Most of my infrastructure in test systems is based on SUSE 10.0 and it's impractical to upgrade make everywhere. I find it very sad that LTP now descended into "version hell" and abandoned old distributions. > I've considered adding a configure check for the make version. I'm > probably going to do it this weekend to avoid support issues like > these. That's not a solution. Please just fix the makefiles or revert this misguided change and give us working makefiles back. >From a quick look at the mailing list archives that doesn't even seem to be the only problem with this "improvement". Thanks. -Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Ltp-list mailing list Ltp-list@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltp-list