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From: ghoti+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Adam Stoller)
Newsgroups: comp.soft-sys.andrew
Subject: Re: Failing to create DESTDIR subdirectories
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Date: 23 Aug 90 12:14:13 GMT
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Excerpts from internet.info-andrew: 23-Aug-90 Re: Failing to create
DESTD.. Cameron Humphries@cs.fli (2156)

> make DESTDIR=/sunsrc/andrew_dir install
> Checking Destination Directories....
> Making directory dirs
> Checking Destination Directories....


Something is definitely wrong here - if the directory
/sunsrc/andrew_dir/ is empty - then not only should you see "Checking
Destination Directories...", but you should also see messages like the
following:

"Making directory /sunsrc/andrew_dir/bin"
"Making directory /sunsrc/andrew_dir/config"
"Making directory /sunsrc/andrew_dir/etc"
[...]

----------------
Your top-level Imakefile should have (around line 27) the following:

    DIRS = $(DESTDIR)  \
        $(DESTDIR)/bin \
        $(DESTDIR)/config \
        $(DESTDIR)/etc \
        $(DESTDIR)/include \
        $(DESTDIR)/lib \
        $(DESTDIR)/doc \
        $(DESTDIR)/doc/atk \
        $(DESTDIR)/doc/ams \
        $(DESTDIR)/help \
        $(DESTDIR)/man \
        $(DESTDIR)/dlib \
        $(DESTDIR)/examples

And (around line 63):

    MkdirTarget($(DIRS))

The latter should be expanded in your Makefile (around line 271 ?) to
look like:

    install.time:: makedirs
        @echo -n ''
    install.doc:: makedirs
        @echo -n ''
    makedirs::
        @echo "Checking Destination Directories...."
        @sh -c 'for i in $(DIRS);  do  \
                if [ -f $$i ]; then  \
                        echo MkdirTarget: $$i is a FILE; \
                        exit 1; \
                elif [ ! -d $$i ]; then  \
                        echo Making directory $$i; \
                        mkdir $$i; \
                fi; \
        done; \
        exit 0'

(there may be extra lines in the expansion consisting solely of '\' -
depending on Imake's translation of the macro)

If the first two do not check out - it sounds like you need a new
top-level Imakefile.

If the last one does not check out - it sounds like you need to remake
the top-level Makefile.

If they all check out - and /sunsrc/andrew_dir/ is indeed an empty, and
writable directory - and you don't see the messages saying "Making
directory [...]" then it sounds like there may be something wrong with
your SHELL or filesystem, or something like that (i.e. I don't really
have the foggiest...)

As a sample - you might want to take an excerpt of the top level
Imakefile and create one that says something like:

----------------
DA = /tmp/foo_a /tmp/foo_b /tmp/foo_c /tmp/foo_d
DB = /tmp/bar_a \
	/tmp/bar_b \
	/tmp/bar_c

MkdirTarget($(DA))
MkdirTarget($(DB))
----------------
generate the Makefile for this against the Andrew config files (in the
"normal" manner?) and then try running make on it -- It's about the only
thing I can think of to try and really narrow down the problem.

Hope this helps, at least a little....

--fish