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libguile install-data-hook target fails on BSD make

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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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