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| author | Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> | 2014-12-19 15:10:09 +0100 |
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| committer | Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> | 2014-12-19 21:00:19 +0100 |
| commit | e7c14d967b5bfa587c4a9fc847126b39198b7463 (patch) | |
| tree | a7e0d4558e4cdecb6079ddc779dc184f8a8a3cb3 /NEWS | |
| parent | 26aaa1c22db47d2a0ffdb4de79d196164c1e3b18 (diff) | |
| download | automake-e7c14d967b5bfa587c4a9fc847126b39198b7463.tar.gz | |
Improve detection of GNU make, avoiding "Arg list too long" errors.
Such errors could take place when the main makefile included too many
sub-makefiles, making $(MAKEFILE_LIST) too long and causing the
recipes $(am__is_gnu_make) to exceed the shell's command-line length
limits. This is not a theoretical issue: it could happen for projects
having lots of C/C++ sources and using automatic dependency tracking,
which created an included .Po sub-makefile for each of such sources.
Fixes http://debbugs.gnu.org/18744
* lib/am/header-vars.am (am__is_gnu_make): Fix the logic to avoid
the use of $(MAKEFILE_LIST).
* NEWS: Update.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -111,6 +111,11 @@ New in 1.14.2: - The expansion of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE ends once again with a trailing newline (bug#16841). Regression introduced in Automake 1.14. + - The code used to detect whether the currently used make is GNU make + or not (relying on the private macro 'am__is_gnu_make') no longer + risks causing "Arg list too long" for projects using automatic + dependency tracking and having a ton of source files (bug#18744). + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New in 1.14.1: |