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- From: ccml@hippo.ru.ac.za (Mike Lawrie)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: Re: 386bsd: elvis won't compile
- Message-ID: <1992Sep13.212928.20072@hippo.ru.ac.za>
- Date: 13 Sep 92 21:29:28 GMT
- References: <1992Sep8.185716.23623@hippo.ru.ac.za> <BuA04M.J6H@ibmpcug.co.uk>
- Organization: Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Lines: 37
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- In <BuA04M.J6H@ibmpcug.co.uk> adrian@ibmpcug.co.uk (Adrian Hall) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Sep8.185716.23623@hippo.ru.ac.za> ccml@hippo.ru.ac.za (Mike Lawrie) writes:
- >>In /usr/src/usr.bin/elvis, I type "make" and end up with the message
- >>
- >> make: obj: No such file or directory
- >>
- >>There is a link /usr/src/usr.bin/elvis/obj->/usr/obj/contrib/elvis-1.5,
- >>but there is not even a directory /usr/obj/contrib.
- >>
-
- > mkdir -p /usr/obj/contrib/elvis-1.5
-
- >Seriously though (sorry if I assumedyou didnt know the usage of the
- >mkdir command!),
-
- Yes, this clears the problem (many thanks), and indeed the mkdir command
- is very simple. The issue is to have the confidence that this is in fact
- the cause of the problem, and not something much more serious.
-
- It is not particularly obvious to me why the problem existed, surely
- the make should be able to do this automagically? The structure of
- the makefiles with .includes of mk files looks pretty complex to the
- uninitiated. If each time the make failed (including for some pretty
- serious reasons) then simple going around taking what might be wild
- shots at clearing the problem (eg deleting/creating files/directories)
- could wreck my installation.
-
- Thanks for your help - maybe someone will put this into the FAQ, as it
- is a pitfall for a beginner.
-
- Mike
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- Mike Lawrie <ccml@hippo.ru.ac.za>
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