compile (make) fails due to missing file 'README'
observed behavior
Compilation fails due to missing README file.
cd . && /bin/bash /usr/src/gnome/gnumeric/missing automake-1.16 --gnu
Makefile.am:21: warning: shell (cd $(srcdir: non-POSIX variable name
Makefile.am:21: (probably a GNU make extension)
Makefile.am: error: required file './README' not found
plugins/fn-christian-date/Makefile.am:15: warning: wildcard $(top_srcdir: non-POSIX variable name
plugins/fn-christian-date/Makefile.am:15: (probably a GNU make extension)
[snip]
src/Makefile.am:323: warning: shell $(GLIB_COMPILE_RESOURCES: non-POSIX variable name
src/Makefile.am:323: (probably a GNU make extension)
make: *** [Makefile:528: Makefile.in] Error 1
Possibly relevant commit
commit eb749eddd3521c9729e422a1fb14fb4ba7fb0374
Merge: 952d52467 0b9d7bd9b
Author: Morten Welinder <mwelinder@gmail.com>
Date: Thu May 26 23:15:51 2022 +0000
Merge branch 'Doomsdayrs-master-patch-14516' into 'master'
Convert README to MD
See merge request GNOME/gnumeric!24
Possibly relevant source line
README is mentioned on line 24 of Makefile.am
However, alas, changing this to README.md does not fix the problem. There is another README dependency coming from somewhere I don't understand.
Quick and dirty workaround
touch README
Platform
This is observed with freshly-pulled git sources.
:; uname -srmo
Linux 5.17.3+ x86_64 GNU/Linux
:; lsb_release -a
LSB Version: core-11.1.0ubuntu2-noarch:cxx-3.0-amd64:cxx-3.0-noarch:cxx-3.1-amd64:cxx-3.1-noarch:cxx-3.2-amd64:cxx-3.2-noarch:cxx-4.0-amd64:cxx-4.0-noarch:cxx-4.1-amd64:cxx-4.1-noarch:graphics-2.0-amd64:graphics-2.0-noarch:graphics-3.0-amd64:graphics-3.0-noarch:graphics-3.1-amd64:graphics-3.1-noarch:graphics-3.2-amd64:graphics-3.2-noarch:graphics-4.0-amd64:graphics-4.0-noarch:graphics-4.1-amd64:graphics-4.1-noarch:printing-11.1.0ubuntu2-noarch:security-11.1.0ubuntu2-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS
Release: 20.04
Codename: focal
:; git log
commit b005284f18c780991ea93169b097c00d2d5da9a8
Date: Fri Jan 29 09:49:04 2021 -0700