Makefile: avoid use of GNU-specific form of $<dfandrich/nognumake

$< is only allowed in implicit rules in some non-GNU makes (e.g. BSD,
AIX) so avoid use elsewhere by referencing the dependent curl.1 file
directly instead. This is somewhat tricky because the file is supplied
in the packaged tar ball (but not in git) but must still be able to be
rebuilt when its dependencies change. The right thing must happen in
both tar ball and git source trees, as well as in both in-tree and
out-of-tree builds.

2 files changed, 22 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/docs/Makefile.am b/docs/Makefile.am
index 7da7c0dea..16836c650 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/Makefile.am
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign no-dependencies
 
-man_MANS = curl.1 curl-config.1
+man_MANS = $(abs_builddir)/curl.1 curl-config.1
 noinst_man_MANS = mk-ca-bundle.1
 GENHTMLPAGES = curl.html curl-config.html mk-ca-bundle.html
 PDFPAGES = curl.pdf curl-config.pdf mk-ca-bundle.pdf
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ MANDISTPAGES = curl.1.dist curl-config.1.dist
 
 HTMLPAGES = $(GENHTMLPAGES) index.html
 
-SUBDIRS = libcurl cmdline-opts
+# Build targets in this file (.) before cmdline-opts to ensure that
+# the curl.1 rule below runs first
+SUBDIRS = libcurl . cmdline-opts
 DIST_SUBDIRS = $(SUBDIRS) examples
 
 CLEANFILES = $(GENHTMLPAGES) $(PDFPAGES) $(MANDISTPAGES) curl.1
@@ -47,7 +49,17 @@ MAN2HTML= roffit $< >$@
 
 SUFFIXES = .1 .html .pdf
 
-curl.1:
+# $(abs_builddir) is to disable VPATH when searching for this file, which
+# would otherwise find the copy in $(srcdir) which breaks the $(HUGE)
+# rule in src/Makefile.am in out-of-tree builds that references the file in the
+# build directory.
+#
+# First, seed the used copy of curl.1 with the prebuilt copy (in an out-of-tree
+# build), then run make recursively to rebuild it only if its dependencies
+# have changed.
+$(abs_builddir)/curl.1:
+	if test "$(top_builddir)x" != "$(top_srcdir)x" -a -e "$(srcdir)/curl.1"; then \
+		cp -fp "$(srcdir)/curl.1" $@; fi
 	cd cmdline-opts && $(MAKE)
 
 html: $(HTMLPAGES)
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index b59fb8786..afc86f2e1 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ EXTRA_DIST = mkhelp.pl makefile.dj Makefile.b32		\
  macos/src/curl_GUSIConfig.cpp macos/src/macos_main.cpp makefile.amiga	\
  curl.rc Makefile.netware Makefile.inc Makefile.Watcom CMakeLists.txt
 
-MANPAGE=$(top_builddir)/docs/curl.1
+# Use absolute directory to disable VPATH
+MANPAGE=$(abs_top_builddir)/docs/curl.1
 README=$(top_srcdir)/docs/MANUAL
 MKHELP=$(top_srcdir)/src/mkhelp.pl
 HUGE=tool_hugehelp.c
@@ -101,25 +102,23 @@ if USE_MANUAL
 # Here are the stuff to create a built-in manual
 
 $(MANPAGE):
-	cd $(top_builddir)/docs && $(MAKE) curl.1
+	cd $(top_builddir)/docs && $(MAKE)
 
 if HAVE_LIBZ
 # This generates the tool_hugehelp.c file in both uncompressed and
-# compressed formats. $(MANPAGE) must be the first dependency so it
-# can be referenced with $< which points to the correct location in
-# the VPATH.
+# compressed formats.
 $(HUGE): $(MANPAGE) $(README) $(MKHELP)
 	echo '#include "tool_setup.h"' > $(HUGE)
 	echo '#ifndef HAVE_LIBZ' >> $(HUGE)
-	$(NROFF) $< | $(PERL) $(MKHELP) $(README) >> $(HUGE)
+	$(NROFF) $(MANPAGE) | $(PERL) $(MKHELP) $(README) >> $(HUGE)
 	echo '#else' >> $(HUGE)
-	$(NROFF) $< | $(PERL) $(MKHELP) -c $(README) >> $(HUGE)
+	$(NROFF) $(MANPAGE) | $(PERL) $(MKHELP) -c $(README) >> $(HUGE)
 	echo '#endif /* HAVE_LIBZ */' >> $(HUGE)
 else # HAVE_LIBZ
 # This generates the tool_hugehelp.c file uncompressed only
 $(HUGE): $(MANPAGE) $(README) mkhelp.pl
 	echo '#include "tool_setup.h"' > $(HUGE)
-	$(NROFF) $< | $(PERL) $(MKHELP) $(README) >> $(HUGE)
+	$(NROFF) $(MANPAGE) | $(PERL) $(MKHELP) $(README) >> $(HUGE)
 endif
 
 else # USE_MANUAL