From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 8 02:20:00 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@smarthost.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D87BAC98 for ; Sat, 8 Jun 2013 02:20:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206c::16:87]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3AF51DAD for ; Sat, 8 Jun 2013 02:20:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id r582K0sl091545 for ; Sat, 8 Jun 2013 02:20:00 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id r582K0xj091544; Sat, 8 Jun 2013 02:20:00 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 02:20:00 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201306080220.r582K0xj091544@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Garrett Cooper Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAC74C6C for ; Sat, 8 Jun 2013 02:15:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from oldred.freebsd.org (oldred.freebsd.org [8.8.178.121]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AED21D93 for ; Sat, 8 Jun 2013 02:15:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oldred.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.6]) by oldred.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.7) with ESMTP id r582FIEQ021017 for ; Sat, 8 Jun 2013 02:15:18 GMT (envelope-from nobody@oldred.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by oldred.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id r582FI8X021016; Sat, 8 Jun 2013 02:15:18 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201306080215.r582FI8X021016@oldred.freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 02:15:18 GMT From: Garrett Cooper To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Subject: conf/179422: "make: don't know how to make bsd.README. Stop" error message should be more intuitive when Makefiles are missing X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2013 02:20:00 -0000 >Number: 179422 >Category: conf >Synopsis: "make: don't know how to make bsd.README. Stop" error message should be more intuitive when Makefiles are missing >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Jun 08 02:20:00 UTC 2013 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Garrett Cooper >Release: 10-CURRENT >Organization: EMC Isilon >Environment: FreeBSD gran-tourismo.west.isilon.com 10.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT #2 r+ba9afe9: Fri Apr 19 20:29:10 PDT 2013 gcooper@gran-tourismo.west.isilon.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GRAN-TOURISMO amd64 >Description: I forget the exact circumstances for how to reproduce this error, but basically if you either are missing a Makefile in a subdirectory and gets cd'ed to in Makefile.inc1, or via bsd.subdir.mk, you'll run into this problem, and it's not very intuitive: make: don't know how to make bsd.README. Stop Having a more intuitive error message, or checking for Makefile would be nice. Please note that this issue might be resolved via my proposed changes for conf/179111 . >How-To-Repeat: - cd usr.bin - echo 'SUBDIR+= doesnotexist' >> Makefile - make obj >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: