retitle 17060 libguile install-data-hook target fails on BSD make
thanks
w...@ciexinc.com writes:
> The install step for building guile 2.0.11 fails after successful
> compile on amd 64 bit FreeBsd 10.0. The error message is
>
> install: : No such file or directory
>
> where the item being installed has a blank name.
>
> At the suggestion of mark_weaver on IRC, i tried 'gmake' instead of
> 'make' and the install went through successfully.
>
> The thinking is that there is something non-portable in the make file.
wgl provided more information on IRC, so let me fill in the details.
The failing target is 'install-data-hook' in libguile/Makefile.am.
It prints this on the console: (modulo whitespace)
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644
/usr/local/lib/libguile-2.0.so.29-gdb.scm
Notice that the source filename is missing, suggesting that '$<' is the
empty string. It then fails with the following error message:
install: : No such file or directory
This is when using BSD 'make' from FreeBSD 10.
When using 'gmake' (GNU Make), it works properly.
Mark
