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libguile install-data-hook target fails on BSD make

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From: wgl <at> ciexinc.com
To: bug-guile <at> gnu.org
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 19:28:49 +0000

Team:

The install step for building guile 2.0.11 fails after successful
compile on amd 64 bit FreeBsd 10.0. The error message is

    install: : No such file or directory
    
where the item being installed has a blank name.

At the suggestion of mark_weaver on IRC, i tried 'gmake' instead of
'make' and the install went through successfully.

The thinking is that there is something non-portable in the make file.

Thanks,
wglb

Message #8 received at 17060 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
To: wgl <at> ciexinc.com
Cc: 17060 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, request <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17060: libguile install-data-hook target fails on BSD make
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 00:28:09 -0400

retitle 17060 libguile install-data-hook target fails on BSD make
thanks

wgl <at> ciexinc.com writes:

> The install step for building guile 2.0.11 fails after successful
> compile on amd 64 bit FreeBsd 10.0. The error message is
>
>     install: : No such file or directory
>     
> where the item being installed has a blank name.
>
> At the suggestion of mark_weaver on IRC, i tried 'gmake' instead of
> 'make' and the install went through successfully.
>
> The thinking is that there is something non-portable in the make file.

wgl provided more information on IRC, so let me fill in the details.

The failing target is 'install-data-hook' in libguile/Makefile.am.
It prints this on the console: (modulo whitespace)

 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644
      /usr/local/lib/libguile-2.0.so.29-gdb.scm

Notice that the source filename is missing, suggesting that '$<' is the
empty string.  It then fails with the following error message:

  install: : No such file or directory

This is when using BSD 'make' from FreeBSD 10.
When using 'gmake' (GNU Make), it works properly.

      Mark

Message #13 received at 17060 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
Cc: 17060 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, wgl <at> ciexinc.com, request <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17060: libguile install-data-hook target fails on BSD make
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 14:27:28 +0100

Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org> skribis:

> The failing target is 'install-data-hook' in libguile/Makefile.am.
> It prints this on the console: (modulo whitespace)
>
>  /usr/bin/install -c -m 644
>       /usr/local/lib/libguile-2.0.so.29-gdb.scm
>
> Notice that the source filename is missing, suggesting that '$<' is the
> empty string.  It then fails with the following error message:
>
>   install: : No such file or directory

AFAIK ‘$<’ is standard make, and it’s used in other places in the file.
So there must be a subtle syntax variation that BSD make doesn’t
understand here.

wgl: Could you edit libguile/Makefile.in, remove the 6 comment lines
starting with “## We want to install”, and then try again ‘make
install’?

Thanks in advance,
Ludo’.

Message #20 received at 17060-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andy Wingo <wingo <at> pobox.com>
To: 17060-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>,
 Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>, wgl <at> ciexinc.com
Subject: Re: bug#17060: libguile install-data-hook target fails on BSD make
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 15:06:27 +0200

Hi :)

I think we are happy to look at patches to support non-GNU make but
without follow-through from a reporter we aren't going to make efforts
in this direction; too many other things to do :)

If you can track down the issue, please let us know and we'll see what
we can do.  Mark, Ludo, feel free to re-open if you feel like this is
not the right way to go about things.

Cheers,

Andy

On Sat 29 Mar 2014 14:27, ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

> Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org> skribis:
>
>> The failing target is 'install-data-hook' in libguile/Makefile.am.
>> It prints this on the console: (modulo whitespace)
>>
>>  /usr/bin/install -c -m 644
>>       /usr/local/lib/libguile-2.0.so.29-gdb.scm
>>
>> Notice that the source filename is missing, suggesting that '$<' is the
>> empty string.  It then fails with the following error message:
>>
>>   install: : No such file or directory
>
> AFAIK ‘$<’ is standard make, and it’s used in other places in the file.
> So there must be a subtle syntax variation that BSD make doesn’t
> understand here.
>
> wgl: Could you edit libguile/Makefile.in, remove the 6 comment lines
> starting with “## We want to install”, and then try again ‘make
> install’?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Ludo’.

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