I've discovered some problems with make-3.79.1's build scheme that interfere with compiling it off of the GNU CD-ROM.
First, the build tries to write to a file in the source directory -- which isn't possible since the source directory is on the CD and readonly. The end of my nohup log follows: (long lines clipped) gcc -DALIASPATH=\"/usr/share/locale:.\" -DLOCALEDIR=\"/usr/share/locale\" - gcc -DALIASPATH=\"/usr/share/locale:.\" -DLOCALEDIR=\"/usr/share/locale\" - gcc -DALIASPATH=\"/usr/share/locale:.\" -DLOCALEDIR=\"/usr/share/locale\" - gcc -O3 -m486 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -fstrict-aliasing -s -o make ar. /bin/sh: /vol/cdrom/make-3.79.1/stamp-pot: Read-only file system make[2]: *** [/vol/cdrom/make-3.79.1/stamp-pot] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/.home/michael/build/make-build' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/.home/michael/build/make-build' make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2 Second, the self-test procedure seems to assume every file in the test directories is a test module. This trips on the "TRANS.TBL" files that Unix CD-ROMs have in every directory. (Actually it doesn't seem to stop the test from succeeding, but produces a lot of confusing messages during make check.) Please fix these in the next release. ---- Michael Deutschmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
