7486 - GNU make 3.77's wildcard is only broken on Solaris 2.6.

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(SeaMonkey :: Build Config, defect, P3)

Description

[Wan-Teh Chang]

Mozilla Detailed Unix Build Instructions, Section 3
"Requirements" (http://www.mozilla.org/build/unix-details.html#s3)
says that GNU make 3.77 breaks the NSPR build and
tells people to revert to 3.76.1 until this is fixed.
I submitted a bug report to [e-mail] and
got an authoritative answer from Paul D. Smith
<[e-mail]>.

The wildcard function is broken in GNU make 3.77
built on Solaris 2.6 and above due to an inconsistent
attempt to support large files.  This is a known
problem and will be fixed in the next release of
GNU make.  In the meantime, you can do either of
the following:
1) Build GNU make on Solaris 2.5 or 2.5.1.  When
   running on 2.6+, this make executable will work
   fine except that you won't get large file support
   (not a major issue for most people).
2) After building a (broken) make on Solaris 2.6+, do
   the following:

        $ rm -f glob/*.o
        $ make CFLAGS='-g -O2 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE
          -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'

   You can adjust the -g and -O2 options to taste.
   The resulting make executable will work correctly
   on Solaris 2.6+.

Can you update the Unix build instructions with
this information?  The check in the configure
script for GNU make 3.77 probably should also
be updated.

Comment 1

[Daniel (Leaf) Nunes]

Whenever i add this kind of detail to the build page, i get complaints that it's
a useless detail that noone will ever apply. Ramiro reported problems with 3.77
on a non-solaris machine (redhat linux 6.0, i believe), so i'm inclined to
disbelieve the answer from gnu. It's much less complicated to remove and
reinstall make 3.76

Comment 2

[Wan-Teh Chang]

I verified gnu's answer.

The paragraph in the build instructions reads:
    GNU make 3.77 shipped with a that breaks
    the NSPR build. Revert to 3.76.1 until this
    is fixed.

The first sentence needs work.  (What is "that"?)

Any other problems with GNU make 3.77 should be
reported to [e-mail].

Comment 3

[tenthumbs]

Attachment: Adds a ./configure --with-make-prog=/usr/bin/other-make option

Comment 4

[tenthumbs]

Let's say you can't change your make (no root privileges) but do have a make
under another name. My patches allow you to a) tell configure to use your
program and b) have configure remember and use this until you re-run configure.

Comment 5

[leger]

Marking Verified/Won't Fix.

Comment 6

[Wan-Teh Chang]

*** Bug 21150 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***