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Date:      Wed, 17 Apr 2002 08:15:51 -0700
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>
To:        Jan Stocker <jstocker@tzi.de>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: sometimes make install does nothing
Message-ID:  <20020417151550.GJ78520@elvis.mu.org>
In-Reply-To: <1018971073.440.5.camel@twoflower>
References:  <1018971073.440.5.camel@twoflower>

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* Jan Stocker <jstocker@tzi.de> [020417 06:33] wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> sometime a 'make install' does completely nothing. This leads that
> dependencies weren't installed or i've to call the make again. Mostly
> this happens while defining install and clean on the commandline
> together.
> Have a look at the following output. The port wasnt installed before
> (and no work directory exists!) 
> 
> twoflower# make install clean
> ===>  Cleaning for autoconf213-2.13.000227_1
> ===>  Cleaning for m4-1.4_1
> ===>  Cleaning for ruby-1.6.7.2002.03.27
> ===>  Cleaning for ruby-fnmatch-1.1b_1
> twoflower# make install clean
> ===>  Extracting for ruby-fnmatch-1.1b_1
> >> Checksum OK for ruby/ruby-fnmatch-1.1b.tar.gz.
> ===>   ruby-fnmatch-1.1b_1 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/ruby - found
> ===>  Patching for ruby-fnmatch-1.1b_1
> ===>  Configuring for ruby-fnmatch-1.1b_1
> ===>  Running extconf.rb to configure
> ...
> 
> It happens here and there and not all the time, i cant find a common
> part when or where it happens...

Check for a ".install_done" file in the "work" dir.  I think that's
what can cause this.  I think the answer is to use "reinstall" instead
of "install" or to "make clean" first.

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org]
'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology,"
 start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.'
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