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From: jak@VIOLET.BERKELEY.EDU (John A. Kunze)
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Subject: isode 6.8 installation problems
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Date: 22 Mar 91 00:57:17 GMT
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> Let me get this straight: you didn't install the software because it
> didn't create the man directories???

No, make came up with a a bunch of errors after the directory building
step when I tried to install 6.7.  Among all the error messages at my
disposal, including the known ignorable errors, the only thing I could say
for certain that went wrong was the directory building.  I assumed some
files hadn't gotten installed properly and blamed that step for (perhaps
jumping to conclusions).  After working on it for a while, I never did
get it to pass the tests.

I then reported the bug in 6.7 and installed 6.0.  When it re-appeared,
this time in 6.8, I figured out the rather subtle cause, fixed it and
installed 6.8 with no problems.  Given the hair tearing I went through,
I thought other people might benefit from my experience, or perhaps I
could learn from theirs.  I wouldn't take the trouble if I wasn't so
pleased with ISODE in general, in case I didn't mention that :-).

> ps: you really shouldn't use the isode list for reporting bugs.

Since I hadn't had any acknowledgement from the bug list that it was in
fact a bug, perhaps this was really a "discussion" topic?

> 1. make the mkdir commands as
> 
>    echo 'if test ! -d /usr/lib; then mkdir /usr/lib; else true; fi' | sh -v
> 
> 2. create the man subdirs.
> 
> and we then document the fact that intermediate directories aren't built,
> will that explain/fix everything?

Yup.

-John