bug#17060: libguile install-data-hook target fails on BSD make
Hi :) I think we are happy to look at patches to support non-GNU make but without follow-through from a reporter we aren't going to make efforts in this direction; too many other things to do :) If you can track down the issue, please let us know and we'll see what we can do. Mark, Ludo, feel free to re-open if you feel like this is not the right way to go about things. Cheers, Andy On Sat 29 Mar 2014 14:27, l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > Mark H Weaver skribis: > >> 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 '$<' is the >> empty string. It then fails with the following error message: >> >> install: : No such file or directory > > AFAIK ‘$<’ is standard make, and it’s used in other places in the file. > So there must be a subtle syntax variation that BSD make doesn’t > understand here. > > wgl: Could you edit libguile/Makefile.in, remove the 6 comment lines > starting with “## We want to install”, and then try again ‘make > install’? > > Thanks in advance, > Ludo’.
bug#17060: libguile install-data-hook target fails on BSD make
Mark H Weaver skribis: > 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 '$<' is the > empty string. It then fails with the following error message: > > install: : No such file or directory AFAIK ‘$<’ is standard make, and it’s used in other places in the file. So there must be a subtle syntax variation that BSD make doesn’t understand here. wgl: Could you edit libguile/Makefile.in, remove the 6 comment lines starting with “## We want to install”, and then try again ‘make install’? Thanks in advance, Ludo’.
bug#17060: libguile install-data-hook target fails on BSD make
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
