#3537: [with patch] sage-env should set RM="rm -f"
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 Reporter:  gfurnish  |         Owner:  gfurnish    
     Type:  defect    |        Status:  needs_review
 Priority:  major     |     Milestone:  sage-4.7    
Component:  build     |    Resolution:              
 Keywords:            |        Author:  gfurnish    
 Upstream:  N/A       |      Reviewer:              
   Merged:            |   Work_issues:              
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Description changed by jhpalmieri:

Old description:

> The env variable RM is set to `rm` instead of `rm -f`. This breaks newer
> libtools, for example anything in Fedora 12 or later (libtool 2.2.6,
> autoconf 2.63, automake 1.11.1). They assume that `$RM` is either unset
> or `RM="rm -f"`, that is, deleting non-existing files must not cause an
> error.
>
> One of the symptoms of this breakage is that configure ends with
> {{{
> rm: cannot remove `libtoolT': No such file or directory
> }}}
> Compile will break later on...

New description:

 The env variable RM is set to `rm` instead of `rm -f`. This breaks newer
 libtools, for example anything in Fedora 12 or later (libtool 2.2.6,
 autoconf 2.63, automake 1.11.1). They assume that `$RM` is either unset or
 `RM="rm -f"`, that is, deleting non-existing files must not cause an
 error.

 One of the symptoms of this breakage is that configure ends with
 {{{
 rm: cannot remove `libtoolT': No such file or directory
 }}}
 Compile will break later on...

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 There are two approaches presented here:

  - change $RM from "rm" to "rm -f"  (this is
 [attachment:trac_3537_scripts.patch])
  - keep $RM as it is, but document it (this is
 [attachment:trac_3537-doc.patch])

 Only one should be applied, not both.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/3537#comment:17>
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