Hi again Regarding modifying the dist.directory, my "Not so bad, the build proceeds alright" below was optimistic. When the dist. directory is totally read-only (such as on a read-only disk, or wich "chmod -R go-w binutils-2.17"), the build fails at the step shown below. What is the point of building in a different directory, if the original directory still needs to be modified? Arto
> From anirkko Thu Apr 19 10:25:16 2007 > To: bug-binutils@gnu.org > Subject: binutils-2.17 build tries to modify distribution directory > > > Hi > When building binutils-2.17 in a different obj directory (as recommended), > with the original distribution directory write protected/owned by a different > user, one notices that the build process tries to modify the distribution > directory (with messages such as "Permission denied" and "touch: cannot change > times on /build/binutils-2.17/bfd/doc/bfd.info") instead of writing everything > into the obj directory), and also emits a misleading WARNING message. > > Not so bad, the build proceeds alright. > > Best regards, > Arto Nirkko > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ... > ... > gmake[2]: Entering directory > `/build/binutils-2.17_obj0-static_g412-b214-O3-mcpu=supersparc/bfd' > Making info in doc > gmake[3]: Entering directory > `/build/binutils-2.17_obj0-static_g412-b214-O3-mcpu=supersparc/bfd/doc' > restore=: && backupdir=".am$$" && \ > am__cwd=`pwd` && cd /build/binutils-2.17/bfd/doc && \ > rm -rf $backupdir && mkdir $backupdir && \ > for f in /build/binutils-2.17/bfd/doc/bfd.info > /build/binutils-2.17/bfd/doc/bfd.info-[0-9] > /build/binutils-2.17/bfd/doc/bfd.info-[0-9][0-9] > /build/binutils-2.17/bfd/doc/bfd.i[0-9] > /build/binutils-2.17/bfd/doc/bfd.i[0-9][0-9]; do \ > if test -f $f; then mv $f $backupdir; restore=mv; else :; fi; \ > done; \ > cd "$am__cwd"; \ > if /build/binutils-2.17/missing makeinfo --split-size=5000000 > --split-size=5000000 -I /build/binutils-2.17/bfd/doc \ > -o /build/binutils-2.17/bfd/doc/bfd.info > /build/binutils-2.17/bfd/doc/bfd.texinfo; \ > then \ > rc=0; \ > cd /build/binutils-2.17/bfd/doc; \ > else \ > rc=$?; \ > cd /build/binutils-2.17/bfd/doc && \ > $restore $backupdir/* `echo ".//build/binutils-2.17/bfd/doc/bfd.info" | sed > 's|[^/]*$||'`; \ > fi; \ > rm -rf $backupdir; exit $rc > mkdir: Failed to make directory ".am12945"; Permission denied > WARNING: `makeinfo' is missing on your system. You should only need it if > you modified a `.texi' or `.texinfo' file, or any other file > indirectly affecting the aspect of the manual. The spurious > call might also be the consequence of using a buggy `make' (AIX, > DU, IRIX). You might want to install the `Texinfo' package or > the `GNU make' package. Grab either from any GNU archive site. > touch: cannot change times on /build/binutils-2.17/bfd/doc/bfd.info > gmake[3]: Leaving directory > `/build/binutils-2.17_obj0-static_g412-b214-O3-mcpu=supersparc/bfd/doc' > Making info in po > gmake[3]: Entering directory > `/build/binutils-2.17_obj0-static_g412-b214-O3-mcpu=supersparc/bfd/po' > gmake[3]: Nothing to be done for `info'. > gmake[3]: Leaving directory > `/build/binutils-2.17_obj0-static_g412-b214-O3-mcpu=supersparc/bfd/po' > ... > ... > _______________________________________________ bug-binutils mailing list bug-binutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-binutils
