Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 12:39:03 -0600 (CST) From: Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why does !exists() not work Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.02.9812241237150.30429-100000@fly.HiWAAY.net> In-Reply-To: <19981224095147.A18144@dragon.nuxi.com>
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Try running make(1) with a commandline line like 'make -dd' and
note what file it is looking for near the end of the output.
-steve
On Thu, 24 Dec 1998, David O'Brien wrote:
# Why doesn't this work:
#
# .if !exists(${DISTDIR}/vp-bro-0.4-alpha${EXTRACT_SUFX})
# IGNORE='Please contact Vern Paxson <vern@ee.lbl.gov> to obtain the obtain the Bro source. Put it in ${DISTDIR} as vp-bro-0.4-alpha${EXTRACT_SUFX} and run make again'
# .endif
#
# Reguardless of the existance (as tested by `ls(1)') the IGNORE is always
# active. What I want is a way to not "exit 1" when the distfile is
# missing to allow unattended ``cd /usr/ports ; make fetch''.
#
# I've also tried redefining the "do-*" targets to turn them into NOPs, but
# that didn't work either. Probably do to why ever the above doesn't work.
#
# --
# -- David (obrien@NUXI.com -or- obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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