From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS22989 209.51.188.0/24 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.7 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, NICE_REPLY_A,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BB4251F8C6 for ; Tue, 29 Jun 2021 14:53:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:53478 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lyF7V-0006zp-Kz for normalperson@yhbt.net; Tue, 29 Jun 2021 10:53:49 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:32824) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lyF6E-0005QA-Id for bug-gnulib@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Jun 2021 10:52:30 -0400 Received: from mo4-p00-ob.smtp.rzone.de ([81.169.146.217]:14525) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lyF68-0007ZR-H9 for bug-gnulib@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Jun 2021 10:52:30 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1624978335; s=strato-dkim-0002; d=clisp.org; h=References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Date:Subject:Cc:To:From:Cc:Date: From:Subject:Sender; bh=dyWkFov0i4OlHKbUEplSnSB1w3OcOIU/q4+PacG55uE=; b=ItNL4EC0G8DNin7+iiPMgiPOS9ZKUGofXj4XXrzGSLLU0byCdLkBR1lE0jGwhGwaRh hBlozhfrvXLFnxtZMR3rbI3LQ8jHPf182cNk+dAw7YoGmxAEcBrhYXLlLrlbiWHFlnZy mAjgIk+yOCHeL0aSAHm095d2so/t1oITysshakrpQB1eOnhPmV1+7nXbXG1FWRnRmyGw uhvNDXE26DkQ3S9NjMe6FX0llUa0+GqSrQAb/DJZudpB0qlU6W061nMjZQ+akFMWps4W pMPhyO5tlDutBL1WB7ZckFiq5orRU4yYH85s3JZ2AK4sPxXVz+Voe3n2wS6wDoniyDoN N8oA== Authentication-Results: strato.com; dkim=none X-RZG-AUTH: ":Ln4Re0+Ic/6oZXR1YgKryK8brlshOcZlIWs+iCP5vnk6shH+AHjwLuWOGKf9yfs=" X-RZG-CLASS-ID: mo00 Received: from bruno.haible.de by smtp.strato.de (RZmta 47.27.5 DYNA|AUTH) with ESMTPSA id a03c9ax5TEqESmw (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (curve X9_62_prime256v1 with 256 ECDH bits, eq. 3072 bits RSA)) (Client did not present a certificate); Tue, 29 Jun 2021 16:52:14 +0200 (CEST) From: Bruno Haible To: bug-gnulib@gnu.org Subject: Re: Makefile operator -ot generate-parse-datetime tru64 Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2021 16:52:13 +0200 Message-ID: <5625917.0NUMTS7MnJ@omega> User-Agent: KMail/5.1.3 (Linux/4.4.0-210-generic; KDE/5.18.0; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Received-SPF: none client-ip=81.169.146.217; envelope-from=bruno@clisp.org; helo=mo4-p00-ob.smtp.rzone.de X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, NICE_REPLY_A=-0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_NONE=0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: bug-gnulib@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Gnulib discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Jay K , Larkin Nickle Errors-To: bug-gnulib-bounces+normalperson=yhbt.net@gnu.org Sender: "bug-gnulib" Hi, > I'm building GNU tar on Tru64. > > uname -srm > OSF1 V5.1 alpha Note that we dropped support of this platform two years ago. [1] This means: while we may apply patches that look right and don't have impact on other platforms, we won't have time to discuss more complex issues. > The operator -ot causes errors. > > Can you state this stuff more portability? Unfortunately no. It was a big challenge already to come up with a solution of the parallel-build problem that did not rely on GNU make nor on extra utilities. [2] > I'm doing this, which I realize is the wrong file, at least, and maybe not ideal otherwise, > otherwise you would not be using -ot: > > > > diff Makefile.in.orig Makefile.in > 2896c2896 > < @{ test -f $(srcdir)/parse-datetime.c && test ! $(srcdir)/parse-datetime.c -ot $(srcdir)/parse-datetime.y; } || $(MAKE) generate-parse-datetime > --- > > $(MAKE) generate-parse-datetime > 2898c2898 > < @{ test -f $(srcdir)/parse-datetime-gen.h && test ! $(srcdir)/parse-datetime-gen.h -ot $(srcdir)/parse-datetime.c; } || $(MAKE) generate-parse-datetime > --- > > $(MAKE) generate-parse-datetime > > Sure, eventually I'll have GNU make, bash, etc., and I should cross build, but I am starting with tar, natively. Yup. When you are bootstrapping a port of several utilities, you have to make temporary workarounds. Bruno [1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2019-07/msg00030.html [2] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2020-09/msg00046.html