Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 17:04:36 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Kiernan <mkiernan@kerner.com> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: problem building release Message-ID: <199802130104.RAA09830@moana.kerner.com>
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Hello everybody,
Is there a way to build releases that includes info files while also
having your source tree located someplace other than /usr/src? My
source tree is not located in /usr/src, and when I try to perform
a "make release" I see the following error:
[...]
===> gnu/lib/libg++/doc
cd /usr/src/share/info; make install
cd: can't cd to /usr/src/share/info
*** Error code 2
I tracked this down to the bsd.info.mk file in /usr/share/mk:
# What to do if there's no dir file there. This is really gross!!!
${DESTDIR}${INFODIR}/${INFODIRFILE}:
cd /usr/src/share/info; ${MAKE} install
Before ripping things apart, I checked the cvs log and noticed the
following two entries:
revision 1.39
date: 1997/05/01 01:15:55; author: jkh; state: Exp; lines: +5 -1
Put the "grossness" back; it had a purpose and anyone screwing around
with these files MUST understand what a `make release' does before
making changes like this or get nasty-grams from me when my builds start
falling over. In fact, if they can't test "make release" after making
such changes then they *should leave these files completely alone*.
Thank you.
[...]
revision 1.37
date: 1997/04/30 16:33:43; author: bde; state: Exp; lines: +5 -1
Removed gross dir file bootstrap rule. Keep depending on the dir
file so that we fail if it isn't already installed. The bootstrap
is now done by `make install' in the top-level src directory. As
well as being gross, the rule didn't actually work for src trees
other than /usr/src, and this is difficult to fix since the whole
src tree may not exist.
Seeing as how somebody attempted to fix this once before and it didn't
work out, I thought I'd better ask around. So, without trading one
hardcoded path in bsd.info.mk for another, is there a way to build a
release without having my source code in /usr/src? I've cvsup'd the
lastest stable sources as of yesterday afternoon (2/11/98 16:45) if
that makes a difference.
Thanks for your help,
Mike
PS. Please feel free to direct me to one of the other lists if appropriate.
--
Michael Kiernan, Systems R&D, ILM mkiernan@kerner.com +415-721-3284
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