Thanks! I'll be doing likewise in cvs head.
Take care,
Gabriel Dos Reis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Gabriel Dos Reis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> | Camm Maguire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> |
> | | Greetings! OK, should be optional now. Please let me know if not.
> |
> | Camm --
> |
> | Thanks for the quick fix.
> |
> | Now, the build progressed further but still I hit a regression when I
> | try to install it in a specifc location (it worked with earlier versions):
> |
> | make[4]: [gcl-si.info] Error 1 (ignored)
> | make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/gdr/build/axiom/lsp/gcl-2.6.8pre/info'
> | make[4]: Entering directory
> `/home/gdr/build/axiom/lsp/gcl-2.6.8pre/info'
> | mkdir -p /usr/share/info/
> | [ -f /usr/share/info/dir ] || touch /usr/share/info/dir
> | grep gcl-si /usr/share/info/dir >/dev/null 2>&1 || \
> | echo "* GCL Doc: (gcl-si.info). GNU Common Lisp specific
> Documentation." >> /usr/share/info/dir
> | /bin/sh: /usr/share/info/dir: Permission denied
> | make[4]: *** [install] Error 1
> |
> | My preliminary analysis is that GCL is insisting to install info files
> | in a directory (/usr/share/info) which is not part of what is
> | specified as --prefix and on which I do not have a write permission
> | (and even if I had a write permission, it would still be wrong).
>
> In configure.in, GCL as a machinery to check for where to install the
> info files. With a default value as $prefix/share/info. That is perfect.
> However, down the road, GCL changes its mind and wanted to know
> whether /usr/share/info/dir exits, and if it does then it would install the
> info files there. That is not right.
>
> if test -f "${INFO_DIR}dir" ; then true;else
> if test -f /usr/share/info/dir ; then
> INFO_DIR=/usr/share/info/
> else true;
> fi
> fi
>
> I'll be checking in a patch that removes that.
>
> -- Gaby
>
>
>
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Camm Maguire [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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