Package: renameutils-0.12.0
Version: 0.12.0
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
I downloaded package, moved into my /opt directory, and then unpacked using
tar. I opened package folder and
ran the ./configure script. It passed without any errors. Then I ran Make.
It passed without any errors. Then I ran Make Install, and there was an error.
The error message said that there was an invalid ')' on line 1580, and then it
did not install the package.
I tested the rename command, 'imv' from my home directory and my shell said
that it was not installed.
I went to the makefile in the /opt/renameutils-0.12.0/src directory, opened it
with my vim editor, and
scrolled down to line 1580. It is inside the 'install-exec-local' routine:
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install-exec-local:
$(mkdir_p) $(DESTDIR) $(bindir)
@[ -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/qmv ] || (echo $(LN_S) qcmd
$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/qmv ; $(LN_S) qcmd $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/qmv)
@[ -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/qcp ] || (echo $(LN_S) qcmd
$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/qcp ; $(LN_S) qcmd $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/qcp)
@[ -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/imv ] || (echo $(LN_S) icmd
$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/imv ; $(LN_S) icmd $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/imv)
@[ -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/icp ] || (echo $(LN_S) icmd
$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/icp ; $(LN_S) icmd $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/icp)
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Line 1580, or the second line in the routine, was originally as follows:
$(mkdir_p) $(DESTDIR) ($bindir)
where the error was in the bindir variable. I changed that line to:
$(mkdir_p) $(DESTDIR) $(bindir)
Then I saved the change, and entered 'make install' again, and everything
worked!!
I don't understand what caused it, because I'm thinking that the same package
worked on earlier releases.
It might be something with the way Debian 8.1 is configured or designed. I
don't really understand
the difference between the lines, as I don't have experience. Anyway that is
what happened and that
is how I fixed it. Thanks for the package, since I don't like going to a file
manager to rename files
when I am already at the command line.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.1
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
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