What version of gmake were you using? I did try on solaris 2.7 and gmake 3.76.1 and it worked fine. Arundhati
Michael Hucka wrote: > Pardon me if this is the wrong place to send reports of this nature. > > I've been trying to build Xerces 1.0.3 on a Solaris 2.7 box using GNU make, > and ran into trouble with the Makefile.incl. The problem was that make would > generate an error when the recursive makefiles would finally reach a terminal > directory and actually try to compile some files. Here is an example: > > make[6]: Entering directory > `/remote/projects/mws/src/xml/xerces/xerces-1_0_3/src/org/apache/xerces/dom/events' > if [ -n "" ]; \ > then for i in ;do \ > echo "make -C $i"; make -C $i; \ > done; \ > fi > /bin/sh: syntax error at line 1: `;' unexpected > make[6]: *** [dirs] Error 2 > > I am not sure why this is happening, but it appears to center on the fact > that when the following code in Makefile.incl is run in a leaf directory, > > dirs:: > @if [ -n "$(DIRS)" ]; \ > then for i in $(DIRS);do \ > echo "$(MAKE) -C $$i"; $(MAKE) -C $$i; \ > done; \ > fi > > the DIRS is empty, and the shell (/bin/sh in this case) tries to parse > > if [ -n "" ]; > then for i in ;do > ^^^^ > > It looks like the shell isn't stopping when it hits > > if [ -n "" ] > > but rather keeps going, encountering > > for i in ;do > > and generating a syntax error. It's been too long since I've done much shell > script hacking, and I don't remember the parsing rules. I would have thought > that it would stop when the conditional failed, but apparently it doesn't > (though maybe it's a quirk of the /bin/sh distributed with Solaris 2.7). > > My solution to this involved the following changes to Makefile.incl. There > are probably better solutions, but this seems to work. (The make fails when > it tries to deal with the docs, but that I think is a different problem.) > > Could this (or an equivalent fix) please be added to the Xerces source code > base, so that future releases don't suffer from this problem? > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > diff -c /projects/mws/src/xml/xerces/xerces-1_0_3/src/Makefile.incl > /projects/mws/src/xml/xerces/xerces-1_0_3/src/Makefile.incl.~1~ > *** /projects/mws/src/xml/xerces/xerces-1_0_3/src/Makefile.incl Wed Mar 8 > 21:25:52 2000 > --- /projects/mws/src/xml/xerces/xerces-1_0_3/src/Makefile.incl.~1~ Wed > Mar 8 21:25:52 2000 > *************** > *** 1,11 **** > # Decide if we're on unix or DOS > ! # ifneq ($(findstring WIN,$(shell uname)),) > # DOS > ! # CLPATHSEP := ; > ! # else > # UNIX > CLPATHSEP := : > ! # endif > > # > # Define the environment commands and/or utilities > --- 1,11 ---- > # Decide if we're on unix or DOS > ! ifneq ($(findstring WIN,$(shell uname)),) > # DOS > ! CLPATHSEP := ; > ! else > # UNIX > CLPATHSEP := : > ! endif > > # > # Define the environment commands and/or utilities > *************** > *** 88,110 **** > > dirs:: > @if [ -n "$(DIRS)" ]; \ > ! then \ > ! $(MAKE) subdirs; \ > ! fi; \ > ! $(MAKE) compile > ! > ! subdirs:: > ! @for i in $(DIRS) ; do \ > echo "$(MAKE) -C $$i"; $(MAKE) -C $$i; \ > ! done > > cleandirs:: > @if [ -n "$(DIRS)" ]; \ > ! then \ > ! $(MAKE) subcleandirs; \ > ! fi; \ > ! > ! subcleandirs:: > ! @for i in $(DIRS);do \ > echo "$(MAKE) -C $$i clean"; $(MAKE) -C $$i clean; \ > ! done > --- 88,101 ---- > > dirs:: > @if [ -n "$(DIRS)" ]; \ > ! then for i in $(DIRS);do \ > echo "$(MAKE) -C $$i"; $(MAKE) -C $$i; \ > ! done; \ > ! fi > > cleandirs:: > @if [ -n "$(DIRS)" ]; \ > ! then for i in $(DIRS);do \ > echo "$(MAKE) -C $$i clean"; $(MAKE) -C $$i clean; \ > ! done; \ > ! fi > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mike Hucka, Ph.D. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ph: 626.395.6818 > Postdoctoral researcher, software developer, systems administrator > GENESIS Development Group, Division of Biology 216-76, Caltech
