On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 12:33:44 +0100 Pádraig Brady <p...@draigbrady.com> wrote:
> On 16/04/2024 01:19, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I don't own a Darwin system, so I can't help much reproduce. However, > > I've received a bug report to the Linux man-pages, that our build > > system (GNUmakefile-based), which ends up calling > > > > ... | install /dev/stdin $@ > > > > doesn't work on Darwin. Here's the original bug report: > > <https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/300797>. > > > > Here are the reported error messages: > > > > ... > > INSTALL > > /nix/store/3s28l9ijlkmsq8256zdxjvl173gkn37c-man-pages-6.7/share/man/man3/addseverity.3 > > INSTALL > > /nix/store/3s28l9ijlkmsq8256zdxjvl173gkn37c-man-pages-6.7/share/man/man3/adjtime.3 > > install: skipping file '/dev/stdin', as it was replaced while being copied > > make: *** [share/mk/install/man.mk:54: > > /nix/store/3s28l9ijlkmsq8256zdxjvl173gkn37c-man-pages-6.7/share/man/man3/addmntent.3] > > Error 1 > > make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... > > install: skipping file '/dev/stdin', as it was replaced while being copied > > make: *** [share/mk/install/man.mk:54: > > /nix/store/3s28l9ijlkmsq8256zdxjvl173gkn37c-man-pages-6.7/share/man/man3/acosh.3] > > Error 1 > > install: skipping file '/dev/stdin', as it was replaced while being copied > > install: skipping file '/dev/stdin', as it was replaced while being copied > > install: skipping file '/dev/stdin', as it was replaced while being copied > > ... > > > > I don't see why install(1) should fail to read /dev/stdin under any > > POSIX system > > What version of darwin is this? I can't repro on Darwin 21.6.0 (MacOSX 12.6). > The issue seems to be that /dev/stdin returns a varying inode which > install(1) doesn't like currently The system I have locally is this one: $ uname -a Darwin tests-iMac.local 18.7.0 Darwin Kernel Version 18.7.0: Tue Jun 22 19:37:08 PDT 2021; root:xnu-4903.278.70~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64 -- Sergei