[Gcl-devel] Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: gcl-2.6.8pre on MAC OSX 10.2

[Camm Maguire]

Thanks!  I'll be doing likewise in cvs head.

Take care,

Gabriel Dos Reis <address@hidden> writes:

> Gabriel Dos Reis <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> | Camm Maguire <address@hidden> writes:
> | 
> | | Greetings!  OK, should be optional now.  Please let me know if not.
> | 
> | Camm --
> | 
> |   Thanks for the quick fix.
> | 
> | Now, the build progressed further but still I hit a regression when I
> | try to install it in a specifc location (it worked with earlier versions):
> | 
> |     make[4]: [gcl-si.info] Error 1 (ignored)
> |     make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/gdr/build/axiom/lsp/gcl-2.6.8pre/info'
> |     make[4]: Entering directory 
> `/home/gdr/build/axiom/lsp/gcl-2.6.8pre/info'
> |     mkdir -p /usr/share/info/
> |     [ -f /usr/share/info/dir ] || touch /usr/share/info/dir
> |     grep gcl-si /usr/share/info/dir >/dev/null 2>&1 || \
> |     echo "* GCL Doc: (gcl-si.info). GNU Common Lisp specific 
> Documentation." >> /usr/share/info/dir
> |     /bin/sh: /usr/share/info/dir: Permission denied
> |     make[4]: *** [install] Error 1
> | 
> | My preliminary analysis is that GCL is insisting to install info files
> | in a directory (/usr/share/info) which is not part of what is
> | specified as --prefix and on which I do not have a write permission
> | (and even if I had a write permission, it would still be wrong).
> 
> In configure.in, GCL as a machinery to check for where to install the
> info files.  With a default value as $prefix/share/info.  That is perfect.
> However, down the road, GCL changes its mind and wanted to know
> whether /usr/share/info/dir exits, and if it does then it would install the
> info files there.  That is not right.
> 
>     if  test -f "${INFO_DIR}dir"  ; then true;else
>     if test -f /usr/share/info/dir ; then
>       INFO_DIR=/usr/share/info/
>     else true;
>     fi
>     fi
> 
> I'll be checking in a patch that removes that.
> 
> -- Gaby
> 
> 
> 

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Camm Maguire                                            address@hidden
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