#3537: [with patch] sage-env should set RM="rm -f"
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Reporter: gfurnish | Owner: gfurnish
Type: defect | Status: positive_review
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-4.7
Component: build | Resolution:
Keywords: | Work_issues:
Upstream: N/A | Reviewer: Mariah Lenox
Author: gfurnish | Merged:
Dependencies: |
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Changes (by mariah):
* status: needs_review => positive_review
* reviewer: => Mariah Lenox
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...
>
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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 $RM as it is, but document it (this is
> [attachment:trac_3537-doc.patch])
>
> Only one should be applied, not both.
New description:
The env variable RM is set to `rm` instead of `rm -f`. This breaks newer
libtools, for example anything in Fedora 12 or later (libtool 2.2.6,
autoconf 2.63, automake 1.11.1). They assume that `$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...
-------
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.
'''Apply''' [attachment:trac_3537-doc.patch]
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Comment:
When 50 percent or more of spkgs require $RM to be "rm -f" then
change $RM from "rm" to "rm -f". Until then document.
Positive review.
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Ticket URL: <http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/3537#comment:21>
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