Re: minor makefile issues

[David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>]

Joe Eykholt <joe@nuovasystems.com> writes:

> Hi All,
>
> Due to my unusual environment, I ran into two issues when installing
> git 1.5.2.4 from source.
> Although these are unusual, they might not be unique and the fixes are easy:
>
>    1.  The make install failed because of line 49 in templates/Makefile:
>           (cd blt && $(TAR) cf - .) | \
>           (cd '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(template_dir_SQ)' && $(TAR) xf -)
>    because I have CDPATH set, the 'cd blt' actually outputs the new
> directory on stdout
>    which confuses the second tar.  Changing this to 'cd ./blt' fixes
> it.  Perhaps this could
>    be considered a bash bug.

No, it is a user bug.  You don't want a script to _ever_ walk around
on its own volition, so you must _not_ export CDPATH.  Instead, set it
in .bashrc without exporting it.  That way, it will be available with
every interactive shell, and not interfering with scripts.

>    2.  My home directory containing my build tree is NFS-mounted, and
> root doesn't have any
>    permission to write it.  So, when doing 'make prefix=/usr/local
> install-doc' as root, I got these errors:
>
>    # make prefix=/usr/local install-doc
>    make -C Documentation install
>    make[1]: Entering directory
> /net/da01/home/jre/build/git-1.5.2.4/Documentation'
>    rm -f doc.dep+ doc.dep
>    rm: cannot remove `doc.dep': Permission denied
>    make[1]: *** [doc.dep] Error 1
>    make[1]: Leaving directory
> /net/da01/home/jre/build/git-1.5.2.4/Documentation'
>    make: *** [install-doc] Error 2
>
> I'm not sure what the best fix is for the second problem.  rm -f
> ignores non-existent files but not permission errors.
> I guess you could do 'rm -f doc.dep || true'.

First do "make doc" for your normal user, then make doc-install as
root.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum