** Description changed: Symptom: On OS X, when running 'make' in /path/to/dvc/++build/ as per instructions (that is, after running 'autoconf' and 'configure'), exits abruptly with an error message citing unexpected 'date' behavior. (Sorry not to have copied it, should be deterministically easy to reproduce). - Workaround: 1. Install gdate (typically by installing the GNU 'coreutils' package via MacPorts/Fink). 2. Symlink 'gdate' as 'date' in some path directory which appears earlier in $PATH than /bin/date. DVC's 'make' then runs to successful completion on both 10.4.11 on Intel and 10.5.6 on PPC, so probably works on all OS X. - Fix: Test for GNU 'date' in 'configure' and abort if not (or find a way to make the build script work with OS X 'date'). - Analysis: It seems likely that this defect will occur on other BSD derivatives (though I have no data to submit).
-- make fails on OS X at "date" call https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/386779 You received this bug notification because you are a member of dvc-dev, which is the registrant for dvc. Status in Distributed Version Control for Emacs: New Bug description: Symptom: On OS X, when running 'make' in /path/to/dvc/++build/ as per instructions (that is, after running 'autoconf' and 'configure'), exits abruptly with an error message citing unexpected 'date' behavior. (Sorry not to have copied it, should be deterministically easy to reproduce). Workaround: 1. Install gdate (typically by installing the GNU 'coreutils' package via MacPorts/Fink). 2. Symlink 'gdate' as 'date' in some path directory which appears earlier in $PATH than /bin/date. DVC's 'make' then runs to successful completion on both 10.4.11 on Intel and 10.5.6 on PPC, so probably works on all OS X. Fix: Test for GNU 'date' in 'configure' and abort if not (or find a way to make the build script work with OS X 'date'). Analysis: It seems likely that this defect will occur on other BSD derivatives (though I have no data to submit). _______________________________________________ Dvc-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/dvc-dev
