Re: Value of $? not set in archive rules (more info)

[Paul D. Smith]

%% "Robert E. Menteer II" <address@hidden> writes:

  rem> Here is some additional information on the problem. The version
  rem> used was: GNU Make version 3.79.1, by Richard Stallman and Roland
  rem> McGrath.  Built for hppa1.1-hp-hpux11.00

  rem> The problem with $? does not appear when using the -n option to
  rem> view which commands will execute.

  rem> This may be related to a problem posted by Eilert Viet
  rem> address@hidden on Fri, 31 Aug 2001 17:03:46 +0200.

Try re-running the ./configure of GNU make and using the
--disable-nsec-timestamps option (see the README file), then rebuilding
it and see if that executable works correctly...?

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