Seth Brutzman wrote:
I wish I knew why automake is the buggy link in the chain, or why in only has issues with mmx support. Don't hold me to this, as I'm not all that familiar with the tool (and I only have limited programming experience), but I'll try compiling with automake 1.9 again and examining the results. If I come up with anything of merit, I'll post it.
I got a reply from the automake team!
Hello,
regarding the problem:
gcc -g -O2 -c libnr/have_mmx.S [...] ar cru [...] libnr/have_mmx.o [...] ar: libnr/have_mmx.o: No such file or directory
The problem could be fixed by adding option -o libnr/have_mmx.o to the gcc.
Attached please find a patch, which should do this (there are two versions, for 1.9 and for CVS HEAD). The patch is not tested.
(It should be possible to apply the 1.9 patch directly to the installed /usr/bin/automake script.)
BTW: *.S will mean _preprocessed_ assembler in automake-1.10. So if this is not your case, you should rather use *.s for asm sources.
HTH, Stepan Kasal
Honestly, I don't really know what all of this means, as I'm still new to all the wonders of compile scripts, etc. I've included the patches he sent, though I'm currently learning how to apply them (yeah, I'm a true neophyte. I can read code and I'm somewhat proficient in some languages, but I have no experience in real world development practices). Hopefully they'll end up on the mailing list like a normal attachment.
So I'll give this a go.
-- Seth Brutzman deadlyhead@...952...