<html> <head> <base href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/" /> </head> <body> <div> <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW --- - Automake throws a lot of "[...] option 'subdir-objects' is disabled"" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69874#c8">Comment # 8</a> on <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW --- - Automake throws a lot of "[...] option 'subdir-objects' is disabled"" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69874">bug 69874</a> from <a class="email" href="mailto:drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com" title="David C. Rankin <drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com>"> David C. Rankin</a> <pre>Help automake 1.14.1-1 HAL Fails to Build from Source. It appears this may be more than a warning for hal. How do I fix this? As soon as the build starts: configure.in:1046: the top level automake: warning: autoconf input should be named 'configure.ac', not 'configure.in' doc/man/Makefile.am:19: warning: '%'-style pattern rules are a GNU make extension parallel-tests: error: required file './test-driver' not found parallel-tests: 'automake --add-missing' can install 'test-driver' hald/linux/addons/Makefile.am:80: warning: source file '../../logger.c' is in a subdirectory, hald/linux/addons/Makefile.am:80: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled automake: warning: possible forward-incompatibility. automake: At least a source file is in a subdirectory, but the 'subdir-objects' automake: automake option hasn't been enabled. For now, the corresponding output automake: object file(s) will be placed in the top-level directory. However, automake: this behaviour will change in future Automake versions: they will automake: unconditionally cause object files to be placed in the same subdirectory automake: of the corresponding sources. automake: You are advised to start using 'subdir-objects' option throughout your automake: project, to avoid future incompatibilities. hald/linux/addons/Makefile.am:80: warning: source file '../../util_helper.c' is in a subdirectory, hald/linux/addons/Makefile.am:80: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled hald/linux/addons/Makefile.am:84: warning: source file '../../logger.c' is in a subdirectory, hald/linux/addons/Makefile.am:84: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled hald/linux/addons/Makefile.am:84: warning: source file '../../util_helper.c' is in a subdirectory, hald/linux/addons/Makefile.am:84: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled <snip> hald/solaris/probing/Makefile.am:19: warning: source file '../../logger.c' is in a subdirectory, hald/solaris/probing/Makefile.am:19: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled partutil/Makefile.am:7: warning: source file '../hald/logger.c' is in a subdirectory, partutil/Makefile.am:7: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled policy/Makefile.am:27: warning: whitespace following trailing backslash ==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build(). Aborting... I will attach the build log as hal-makefile.err.txt</pre> </div> <hr> You are receiving this mail because: <ul> <li>You are the assignee for the bug.</li> </ul> </body> </html>