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To: davidn@unique.usn.blaze.net.au
Subject: Re: games hierarchy breaks 2.2.1 build
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Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 09:09:37 -0700
From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
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In article <19970410170822.30251@usn.blaze.net.au>,
David Nugent  <davidn@unique.usn.blaze.net.au> wrote:
> On Wed Apr  9 21:07:26 EST 1997, John Polstra writes:
> > In article <199704100240.TAA01263@io.cts.com>,
> > Morgan Davis  <mdavis@io.cts.com> wrote:
> > > Although /usr/src/games did not exist, it was the none-too-obvious
> > > /usr/obj/usr/src/games that did which caused the problem.
> > 
> > Really?!  That seems like completely bogus behavior on the part of "make".
> > Could you please use "send-pr" to file a bug report?
> 
> Bogus or not, it makes sense in terms of how make handles
> the object directory and is consitent with how it behaves
> with all files relative to the "current" directory.
> 
> .if exists(games) && !defined(NOGAMES)
> SUBDIR+= games
> .endif
> 
> This test (and others of a similar type) should be changed to:
> 
> .if exists(${.CURDIR}/games) && !defined(NOGAMES)
> SUBDIR+= games
> .endif

Good point.  I retract my bogosity claim. :-)
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   John Polstra                                       jdp@polstra.com
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