Re: [HACKERS] Backend build fails in current

Peter Eisentraut <e99re41@DoCS.UU.SE> writes:
>> Are you still seeing this?  I didn't see it with a pull from CVS
>> yesterday.  If you are, what version of make are you using?

> Affirmative. Same problem.

> GNU Make version 3.74, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath.

> That's a little old it seems,

It is.  I'd suggest leaning on your sysadmin to get it updated to
something current (3.78.1 is current I think).

In the meantime, please try the attached patch.  If it seems to
straighten out the behavior on your make, I'll commit it.
        regards, tom lane

*** src/backend/Makefile.orig    Sun Mar  7 18:05:56 1999
--- src/backend/Makefile    Sat Nov 13 09:43:17 1999
***************
*** 116,127 **** # make files in our subdirectories.  parse.h: parser/parse.h
-     $(MAKE) -C parser parse.h     cp parser/parse.h . 
! fmgr.h:
!     $(MAKE) -C utils fmgr.h     cp utils/fmgr.h .
#############################################################################clean:
 
--- 116,131 ---- # make files in our subdirectories.  parse.h: parser/parse.h     cp parser/parse.h . 
! parser/parse.h:
!     $(MAKE) -C parser parse.h
! 
! fmgr.h: utils/fmgr.h     cp utils/fmgr.h .
+ 
+ utils/fmgr.h:
+     $(MAKE) -C utils fmgr.h  ############################################################################# clean: