From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#52322: `make --question info` always fails Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2021 11:42:24 -0500 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="11779"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) Cc: 52322@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Kangas Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 06 17:51:10 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1muHCo-0002rC-2w for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2021 17:51:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47600 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1muHCm-00083g-IJ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2021 11:51:08 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:33360) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1muH4w-0005u9-Vd for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2021 11:43:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:51909) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1muH4w-00077W-Jc for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2021 11:43:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1muH4w-0008EJ-Hm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2021 11:43:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2021 16:43:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 52322 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 52322-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B52322.163880895331589 (code B ref 52322); Mon, 06 Dec 2021 16:43:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 52322) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Dec 2021 16:42:33 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35222 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1muH4T-0008DR-0A for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2021 11:42:33 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:60608) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1muH4R-0008D6-9W for 52322@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 06 Dec 2021 11:42:32 -0500 Original-Received: from [2001:470:142:3::e] (port=59564 helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1muH4M-00073S-1j; Mon, 06 Dec 2021 11:42:26 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=MIME-Version:In-Reply-To:Date:References:Subject:To: From; bh=VacifsHrwFM+Zq6duakJFRX1LS4kNQPDv9HGnEwUMPE=; b=i6wrG2cu0Vd5lcT4e4LK NqHJbjCBVFtnZyxLZ/LGaEeEz5a836P7kq6dB55jfB+lSuUoUqeWbYJ/boOXwWrzupDX8TqG1dm8v mRyzjQa1QxnHDHanBRSQNNpwQbk64IutMS/jANurVkLRn7mv1+FiYoYac3zvHWsLi+nRhLJ+9wWo0 psUqm1SvUjgGNnSrEp74EK/Z8tH8anJTWSIFdyYtRxhVRloYdZTFga6bWx7nasEia96WVfxIDghRr AahqyC8rHp16PzMb80NVF7Fd2IKYSu8deBqhwfTqFIz2szWI2j6QYXzYR2y/ARaQXNHq7IgZcThO8 54+Sd1k5aB4sHA==; Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1muH4K-0000Bg-Vv; Mon, 06 Dec 2021 11:42:25 -0500 X-Spook: Elvis terrorist sweep Tremor Clinton Suspicious device X-Ran: 3/Dp!I,cx@\|!y,Etk()sMq|o81nY.eT{~:V.aP@bOU\6T.rE~,6l6l:DV(tWc=CXi'0Oj X-Hue: yellow X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: (Stefan Kangas's message of "Mon, 6 Dec 2021 01:54:15 +0100") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:221763 Archived-At: ISTM that src/Makefile.in has a problem, in that it wants globals.h to be newer than gl-stamp, but the rule that generates globals.h ensures the opposite is always true. So it always tries to rebuild globals.h (even if it is a no-op). Working around that, one is left with the issue that compile-clean always runs, and make can't tell that it can be a no-op. Perhaps just get rid of the --question test.