GNU bug report logs - #20733
coreutils build problem

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2015 19:18:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #136 received at 20733 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Michael Felt <mamfelt <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 20733 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>,
 Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigbrady.com>
Subject: Re: bug#20733: coreutils build problem
Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2015 11:27:59 -0700

Michael Felt wrote:
> I downloaded, unpacked, ran configure and then "make -i". The only thing
> notable is still the problem with the man page for 'test' aka '['
> (right_bracket)
>
>    GEN      man/test.1

Yes, somehow AIX make is losing the dependency of man/test.1 on src/[ perhaps 
because it treats [ specially (but why would it?).  Anyway, one workaround is to 
use gmake, another is to do 'make src/[' by hand first, before doing 'make'.  At 
some point someone with AIX access and time to burn might look into working 
around the AIX make glitch.
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