Re: Trunk build problems

[Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com>]

On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 12:36:08PM -0800, Nick Kelsey wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> I think its time for a gripe as the trunk has been going downhill rapidly
> over the last week or so.
> 
> <gripe>
> 
> Things I have noticed over the last week:
> 
> - Configure in src doesn't do any sub directories any more (linux or
> cygwin).

They will be configured when you run make.  This is not a problem.  If
they aren't being, then it is a problem.

> - Under cygwin, libtermcap attempts to be build (which doesn't exist). This
> causes a circular make problem as it can't change into the directory so does
> a make in src again.

Don't know about this one.  Sounds like there's an incorrect dependency
somewhere.

> - If you do an incremental make in src it reconfigures a number of
> directories *every time* (both linux and cygwin).

This is a problem.  I sent Nathanael mail about it yesterday, again.

> - Readline doesn't link under cygwin.
> 
> My snapshot from about 2 weeks ago works fine - these are all new problems.
> 
> I am interested if these are known problems and under active investigation.

The last one must be new with the 4.3 merge...

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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer