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Date:      Wed, 17 Apr 2002 08:36:20 -0700
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>
Cc:        Jan Stocker <jstocker@tzi.de>, current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: sometimes make install does nothing
Message-ID:  <3CBD9674.8DF196E3@mindspring.com>
References:  <1018971073.440.5.camel@twoflower> <20020417151550.GJ78520@elvis.mu.org>

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Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> * Jan Stocker <jstocker@tzi.de> [020417 06:33] wrote:
> > 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!)

[ ... ]
> > 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.

Shouldn't ".install_done" be dependent on the install target
timestamps, so that if they are newer, that the install happens
anyway?

-- Terry

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