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From: Ricardo Marek <ricky@ornet.co.il>
To: Andreas Kaempf <akaempf@bbnplanet.com>
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Subject: Re: Install failure with Linux and XEmacs-20.3-b8
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I had the same problem with SunOS 4.1.4 on Sparc machines.

The problem is that there is a missing '\` at the end of the line that
contains the (cd ${subdir}...) in the install-arch-dep rule.

I see the following patch to the Makefile.in :)
(I'm sure the experts allready found this)

--- Makefile.in~	Sat Jun 21 23:01:34 1997
+++ Makefile.in	Tue Jun 24 11:44:36 1997
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@
 	then \
 	   ${INSTALL_DATA} lib-src/DOC ${archlibdir}/DOC ; \
 	   for subdir in `find ${archlibdir} -type d ! -name RCS ! -name SCCS ! -name CVS -print` ; do \
-	     (cd $${subdir} && $(RM) -r RCS CVS SCCS \#* *~) ;
+	     (cd $${subdir} && $(RM) -r RCS CVS SCCS \#* *~) ; \
 	   done ; \
 	else true; fi
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} src/xemacs ${bindir}/xemacs-${version}



>>>>> Andreas Kaempf writes:

 Andreas: Can someone shed some light on why the installation is failing on both 
 Andreas: my Solaris and Linux platforms...  Below is the error message I am
 Andreas: encountering...

 Andreas: thanks in advance,
 Andreas: andreas

 Andreas: make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/home/akaempf/srcs/xemacs-20.3-b8/lib-src'
 Andreas: if [ `(cd /usr/local/lib/xemacs-20.3-b8/i586-pc-linux && /bin/pwd)` != `(cd ./lib-src && /bin/pwd)` ]; \
 Andreas: then \
 Andreas:    /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 lib-src/DOC /usr/local/lib/xemacs-20.3-b8/i586-pc-linux/DOC ; \
 Andreas:    for subdir in `find /usr/local/lib/xemacs-20.3-b8/i586-pc-linux -type d ! -name RCS ! -name SCCS ! -name CVS -print` ; do \
 Andreas:      (cd ${subdir} && rm -f -r RCS CVS SCCS \#* *~) ;
 Andreas: /bin/sh: -c: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file
 Andreas: make: *** [install-arch-dep] Error 2

 Andreas: -- 







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