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Date:      Thu, 16 Dec 2004 14:56:02 +0100 (CET)
From:      Harti Brandt <hartmut.brandt@dlr.de>
To:        Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD-Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: make vs. gmake in 6-CURRENT...
Message-ID:  <20041216124642.J98592@beagle.kn.op.dlr.de>
In-Reply-To: <41C10C99.10600@mac.com>
References:  <41C10C99.10600@mac.com>

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On Wed, 15 Dec 2004, Chuck Swiger wrote:

CS>Hi, all--
CS>
CS>Apparently something has changed with BSD make in -CURRENT, causing the
CS>following problem to appear in a port I maintain:
CS>
CS>[ ... ]
CS>===>  Installing for dvd+rw-tools-5.21.4.10.8
CS>===>   dvd+rw-tools-5.21.4.10.8 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/mkisofs  -
CS>found
CS>===>   Generating temporary packing list
CS>install  -s -o root -g wheel -m 555
CS>/usr/ports/sysutils/dvd+rw-tools/work/dvd+rw-tools-5.21.4.10.8/ growisofs
CS>/usr/local/bin
CS>install:  /usr/ports/sysutils/dvd+rw-tools/work/dvd+rw-tools-5.21.4.10.8/
CS>growisofs: No such file or directory
CS>*** Error code 71
CS>
CS>Note the space in ".../dvd+rw-tools-5.21.4.10.8/ growisofs", which command
CS>was generated by the following Makefile section:
CS>
CS>do-install:
CS>.for i in ${BIN_FILES}
CS>        ${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/${i} ${PREFIX}/bin
CS>.endfor

I cannot reproduce this (I have not looked at the port's makefile). Can 
you make a small makefile that shows this 
behaviour?

harti

CS>Since I don't have a system running 6, I was fortunate to have someone look
CS>into the issue and fix the port by having it use gmake instead. (thanks BTW)
CS>
CS>However, it seems like that space-stuffing when generating paths would break
CS>lots of other things.  Anyway, I wanted to bring up the issue here and ask
CS>whether this change to make's behavior is expected or whether it should be
CS>considered a bug...?
CS>
CS>Cheers,
CS>



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