GNU bug report logs - #61186
build failure when building from git source in a subdirectory

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Package: gzip;

Reported by: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>

Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 21:30:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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

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bug#61186; Package gzip. (Mon, 30 Jan 2023 21:30:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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From: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>
To: bug-gzip <at> gnu.org
Subject: build failure when building from git source in a subdirectory
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 22:28:57 +0100

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
Hi,

When building gzip from the git repository in a subdirectory (VPATH build),
I get a build failure.

How to reproduce:

$ unset GNULIB_SRCDIR
$ git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/gzip.git
$ cd gzip
$ ./bootstrap
$ mkdir vpath
$ cd vpath
$ ../configure
$ make
$ make check
...
make[3]: Entering directory '/tmp/gzip/vpath'
  GEN      gzip.doc
  GEN      gzip.doc.gz
/bin/bash: line 1: ../gzip.doc: No such file or directory
make[3]: *** [Makefile:2435: gzip.doc.gz] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory '/tmp/gzip/vpath'

The problem is that while gzip.doc is expected to be in the source
directory (1. because it's in EXTRA_DIST, 2. see the check-local rule),
it's being generated in the build directory. The GNU Coding Standards
<https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Makefile-Basics.html>
make it clear that the file should be generated in the source directory.

The attached patch fixes it. I verified that "make distcheck" passes.


[0001-Fix-make-check-in-a-subdirectory-VPATH-build.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>
Cc: 61186-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#61186: build failure when building from git source in a
 subdirectory
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 14:57:24 -0800

Thanks, I installed that.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 28 Feb 2023 12:24:10 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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