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Subject: x11/FWF port build mystery
From: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami)
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I can build this port only a few times out of many.  According to the
log, it seems like when the build descends to src/whatever sometimes
the ar command (to add *.o to libfwf.a) doesn't happen.  And that will
cause a link failure sometime later.

The problem is not persistent.  It fails some times, and succeeds
some.  I'm totally stumped.  Can someone help?!?

Satoshi

P.S. Here's the diff between two runs, both failures....

--- make.1      Fri Jan 10 01:14:41 1997
+++ make.5      Fri Jan 10 01:03:03 1997
@@ -503,9 +503,6 @@
 gcc -c -I../../include -I/usr/X11R6/include/X11 -O     -I/usr/X11R6/include  -D
CSRG_BASED  -DFUNCPROTO=15 -DNARROWPROTO   Button.c
 rm -f ButtonT.o
 gcc -c -I../../include -I/usr/X11R6/include/X11 -O     -I/usr/X11R6/include  -D
CSRG_BASED  -DFUNCPROTO=15 -DNARROWPROTO   ButtonT.c
-Adding Button.o To Library ../../lib/libfwf.a
-ar qc ../../lib/libfwf.a Button.o
-ranlib ../../lib/libfwf.a
 cp ./Button.man ../../man/Button.man
 cp ./ButtonT.man ../../man/ButtonT.man
 building objects in src/RowCol...
@@ -513,6 +510,9 @@
 gcc -c -I../../include -I/usr/X11R6/include/X11 -O     -I/usr/X11R6/include  -D
CSRG_BASED  -DFUNCPROTO=15 -DNARROWPROTO   RowCol.c
 rm -f RowColT.o
 gcc -c -I../../include -I/usr/X11R6/include/X11 -O     -I/usr/X11R6/include  -D
CSRG_BASED  -DFUNCPROTO=15 -DNARROWPROTO   RowColT.c
+Adding RowCol.o To Library ../../lib/libfwf.a
+ar qc ../../lib/libfwf.a RowCol.o
+ranlib ../../lib/libfwf.a
 cp ./RowCol.man ../../man/RowCol.man
 cp ./RowColT.man ../../man/RowColT.man
 building objects in src/Prompt...
@@ -637,6 +637,9 @@
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