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Bug 507336 - automake-1.10 reveals a lot of non POSIX stuff in gnome-doc-utils.make
automake-1.10 reveals a lot of non POSIX stuff in gnome-doc-utils.make
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: gnome-doc-utils
Classification: Deprecated
Component: build utils
CVS HEAD
Other Linux
: Normal major
: ---
Assigned To: gnome-doc-utils maintainers
gnome-doc-utils maintainers
gnome[unmaintained]
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-01-04 19:48 UTC by Luca Ferretti
Modified: 2020-03-03 18:36 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.21/2.22


Description Luca Ferretti 2008-01-04 19:48:03 UTC 
Building GNOME modules in jhbuild I've those warning messages while running automake (automake-1.10) in autogen phase.

gnome-doc-utils.make:74: if $(DOC_H_FILE: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:74: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:77: if $(DOC_H_FILE: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:77: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:110: if $(DOC_USER_FORMATS: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:110: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:115: if $(filter environment,$(origin LINGUAS: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:115: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:115: filter $(LINGUAS: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:115: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:144: shell xmllint --format $(2: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:144: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:144: notdir $(patsubst %/$(notdir $(2: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:144: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:144: if $(_ENABLE_SK: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:144: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:160: if $(DOC_MODULE: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:160: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:160: wildcard $(_DOC_ABS_SRCDIR: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:160: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:164: if $(_DOC_OMF_IN: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:164: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:164: foreach lc,C $(_DOC_REAL_LINGUAS: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:164: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:173: call db2omf_args,$@,$<,'docbook': non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:173: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:177: if $(_DOC_OMF_IN: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:177: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:177: foreach lc,C $(_DOC_REAL_LINGUAS: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:177: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:188: call db2omf_args,$@,$<,'xhtml': non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:188: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:193: if $(filter docbook,$(_DOC_REAL_FORMATS: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:193: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:193: if $(filter html HTML,$(_DOC_REAL_FORMATS: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:193: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:206: if $(DOC_MODULE: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:206: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:210: foreach ent,$(DOC_ENTITIES: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:210: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:214: foreach inc,$(DOC_INCLUDES: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:214: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:230: if $(DOC_FIGURES: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:230: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:230: foreach fig,$(DOC_FIGURES: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:230: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:230: patsubst $(srcdir: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:230: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:230: wildcard $(srcdir: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:230: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:237: foreach f,                                           \
gnome-doc-utils.make:237:       $(shell xsltproc --xinclude                    \
gnome-doc-utils.make:237:         --stringparam db.chunk.basename "$(DOC_MODULE: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:237: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:248: if $(DOC_MODULE: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:248: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:248: foreach lc,$(_DOC_REAL_LINGUAS: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:248: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:256: if $(DOC_MODULE: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:256: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:256: foreach lc,$(_DOC_REAL_LINGUAS: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:256: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:261: foreach lc,$(_DOC_REAL_LINGUAS: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:261: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:261: foreach inc,$(_DOC_C_INCLUDES: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:261: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:261: notdir $(inc: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:261: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:268: foreach lc,$(_DOC_REAL_LINGUAS: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:268: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:268: foreach doc,$(_DOC_C_HTML: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:268: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:268: notdir $(doc: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:268: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:274: if $(filter html HTML,$(_DOC_REAL_FORMATS: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:274: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:280: foreach lc,$(_DOC_REAL_LINGUAS: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:280: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:280: patsubst C/%,$(lc: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:280: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:283: foreach fig,$(_DOC_C_FIGURES: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:283: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:283: foreach lc,C $(_DOC_REAL_LINGUAS: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:283: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:283: wildcard $(srcdir: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:283: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:283: patsubst C/%,%,$(fig: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:283: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:288: dir $@: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:288: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:318: dir $@: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:318: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:319: notdir $@: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:319: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:328: if $(DOC_MODULE: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:328: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:340: if $(filter html HTML,$(_DOC_REAL_FORMATS: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:340: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:343: foreach lc,C $(_DOC_REAL_LINGUAS: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:343: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:346: patsubst %.xhtml,%.xml,$@: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:346: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:385: if $(_DOC_OMF_IN: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:385: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:386: if $(_DOC_DSK_IN: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:386: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:387: if $(_DOC_REAL_LINGUAS: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:387: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:388: if $(DOC_MODULE: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:388: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
gnome-doc-utils.make:505: patsubst C/%,%,$(_DOC_C_FIGURES: non-POSIX variable name
gnome-doc-utils.make:505: (probably a GNU make extension)
help/Makefile.am:1:   `gnome-doc-utils.make' included from here
Comment 1 Daniel Macks 2008-11-27 19:26:11 UTC 
Now quite visible in GNOME2.24 releases. Apparently during the automake1.9.x series, this warning got lost for a while, so g-d-u probably wasn't too noisy in the past. But now automake1.10 is standard, so this set of warnings is seen. And it's *always* been true, even if the warning about it wasn't displayed.
Comment 2 Mathias Hasselmann (IRC: tbf) 2009-02-15 19:41:27 UTC 
Is there any progress on this?

What can be done expect for disabling strict error checking in automake, which I consider a horrible idea.
Comment 3 Daniel Macks 2009-02-15 21:19:25 UTC 
Some of these can probably be solved by converting a makefile conditional or loop in the dependency into a shell conditional or loop in the recipe block. Examples:

Here, dist-doc-header is a dependency only if DOC_H_FILE is nonblank:

>dist-doc-header: $(DOC_H_FILE)
>	@if test -f "$(DOC_H_FILE)"; then d=; else d="$(srcdir)/"; fi; \
>	echo "$(INSTALL_DATA) $${d}$(DOC_H_FILE) $(distdir)/$(DOC_H_FILE)"; \
>	$(INSTALL_DATA) "$${d}$(DOC_H_FILE)" "$(distdir)/$(DOC_H_FILE)";
>
>doc-dist-hook: dist-check-gdu $(if $(DOC_H_FILE),dist-doc-header)

whereas here (NB: untested!):

>dist-doc-header: $(DOC_H_FILE)
>	@if test -n "$(DOC_H_FILE)"; then \
>	if test -f "$(DOC_H_FILE)"; then d=; else d="$(srcdir)/"; fi; \
>	echo "$(INSTALL_DATA) $${d}$(DOC_H_FILE) $(distdir)/$(DOC_H_FILE)"; \
>	$(INSTALL_DATA) "$${d}$(DOC_H_FILE)" "$(distdir)/$(DOC_H_FILE)"; \
>	fi
>
>doc-dist-hook: dist-check-gdu dist-doc-header

there is no GNU-Makefile-ism. The only regression is if DOC_H_FILE contains nothing but whitespace, but I'd presume setting a variable to spaces with the intent of meaning it to be blank is uncommon. I think the $(if...) construct strips whitespace first, so it checks for "any non-whitespace character" whereas "test -n" checks for "any character at all".

The same solution could be applied here:

>_clean_doc_header = $(if $(DOC_H_FILE),clean-doc-header)
>clean-local: $(_clean_doc_header)
>distclean-local: $(_clean_doc_header)
>mostlyclean-local: $(_clean_doc_header)
>maintainer-clean-local: $(_clean_doc_header)
>clean-doc-header:
>	rm -f $(DOC_H_FILE)

as something like:

>_clean_doc_header = clean-doc-header
>clean-local: $(_clean_doc_header)
>distclean-local: $(_clean_doc_header)
>mostlyclean-local: $(_clean_doc_header)
>maintainer-clean-local: $(_clean_doc_header)
>clean-doc-header:
>	@if test -n $(DOC_H_FILE); then \
>	echo "rm -f $(DOC_H_FILE)"; \
>	rm -f $(DOC_H_FILE); \ 
>	fi
Comment 4 Shaun McCance 2009-02-15 21:53:15 UTC 
And what about the definition of _DOC_C_HTML, or any of the other variables that are defined with $(foreach ...)?
Comment 6 André Klapper 2020-03-03 18:36:39 UTC 
gnome-doc-utils has been superseded by yelp-xsl, yelp-tools, and itstool.

gnome-doc-utils will not see any further development, hence closing as WONTFIX.

See https://gitlab.gnome.org/Infrastructure/Infrastructure/issues/255