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From: "Albert W. Hopkins" <marduk@×××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Update to "make" breaks lots of things...
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:32:52
Message-Id: 1312831908.4366.5.camel@localhost.localdomain
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Update to "make" breaks lots of things... by Grant Edwards
1 On Monday, August 8 at 18:30 (+0000), Grant Edwards said:
2
3 > I don't think this is Gentoo-specific, but I've noticed that a recent
4 > update to "make" is causing makefile breakage. For example, trying to
5 > build a Linux 2.6.28 kernel:
6 >
7 > beta linux-2.6.28-gentoo-r5 # make oldconfig
8 > Makefile:442: *** mixed implicit and normal rules. Stop.
9 >
10 > Apparently the authors of "make" are cracking down on things that have
11 > been allowed for many years. As a result, some Makefiles don't work
12 > anymore.
13 >
14 > At least for me, that means that "make" now needs to be slotted so
15 > that I can keep an older version around that's compatible with older
16 > Makefiles. Is there any chance of that?
17 >
18 > [I don't suppose anybody knows off-hand which version of "make"
19 > introduced all the breakage?]
20 >
21
22 Have not experienced this (GNU Make 3.82).

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[gentoo-user] Re: Update to "make" breaks lots of things... Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com>