From: Jason Green <news AT jgreen4 DOT fsnet DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Rebuilding Fileutils 3.16  [was: MESA3D compiling problem]
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 14:33:22 +0100
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I rebuilt fileutils again and MESA now builds without error but I can
report some things about fileutils 3.16.

The file `po\Makefile.in-in' exists and is used by djgpp\config.bat
but makefile uses the file `po\Makefile.in.in', copying the file to
the new name appears to allow a successful build so that is what I
did.

In `djgpp\Readme', GNU Diffutils are not listed as required tools but
djgpp\config issues an error that it cannot find cmp.exe, although it
then continues to successfully complete.

djgpp\Readme says:

}How to build
}============
}
}Unzip the distribution preserving the directory structure (use -d
}switch if you do that with PKUNZIP).  On Windows 9x, be sure to use an
}unzip program that supports long filenames, or set LFN=n before you
}run Make.
}
}Then issue these two commands:
}
}		djgpp\config
}		make
}
}That's all!

This is technically correct, but maybe it would be good to say
something about `make install' too! ;-)


Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:

> Try the following command and tell if it created a directory `foo'
> under your main DJGPP installation directory:
> 
>       gmkdir /dev/env/DJDIR/foo

Yes that works.  But there appears to be a problem with ginstall.  It
fails when invoked under DOS, or from make under DOS or BASH.  Doing
`set SHELL=d:\djgpp\bin\bash.exe' in DOS or adding a `SHELL=/bin/sh'
line to the makefile produces the same results.

D:\>gmkdir /dev/env/DJDIR/foo

D:\>touch bar

D:\>d:\djgpp\bin\ginstall bar /dev/env/DJDIR/foo
d:/djgpp/bin/ginstall: /dev/env/DJDIR/foo: No such file or directory
(ENOENT)

D:\>bash
~ $ /dev/env/DJDIR/bin/ginstall bar /dev/env/DJDIR/foo
~ $ ls -l /dev/env/DJDIR/foo
total 0
-rw-r--r--   1 dosuser  root            0 May 30 14:19 bar
~ $ exit

D:\>type makefile
prefix = /dev/env/DJDIR
install: bar
        $(prefix)/bin/gmkdir $(prefix)/foo
        $(prefix)/bin/ginstall bar $(prefix)/foo
bar:
        touch bar
clean:
        rm -fr $(prefix)/foo

D:\>make clean
rm -fr /dev/env/DJDIR/foo

D:\>make
/dev/env/DJDIR/bin/gmkdir /dev/env/DJDIR/foo
/dev/env/DJDIR/bin/ginstall bar /dev/env/DJDIR/foo
/dev/env/DJDIR/bin/ginstall: /dev/env/DJDIR/foo: No such file or
directory (ENOENT)
make.exe: *** [install] Error 1

D:\>bash
~ $ make clean
rm -fr /dev/env/DJDIR/foo
~ $ make
/dev/env/DJDIR/bin/gmkdir /dev/env/DJDIR/foo
/dev/env/DJDIR/bin/ginstall bar /dev/env/DJDIR/foo
/dev/env/DJDIR/bin/ginstall: /dev/env/DJDIR/foo: No such file or
directory (ENOENT)
make.exe: *** [install] Error 1
~ $