Subject: misc/2738: make distrib-dirs left out of make build
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Curt Sampson <curt@didactic.cynic.net>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 09/08/1996 21:40:42
>Number:         2738
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       make distrib-dirs left out of make build
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    misc-bug-people (Misc Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Sep  8 21:50:00 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Curt Sampson
>Organization:
Curt Sampson    curt@portal.ca		Info at http://www.portal.ca/
Internet Portal Services, Inc.	
Vancouver, BC   (604) 257-9400		De gustibus, aut bene aut nihil.
>Release:        Sun Sep  8 21:30:16 PDT 1996
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD didactic.cynic.net 1.2_BETA NetBSD 1.2_BETA (DIDACTIC) #1: Wed Jul 10 00:40:51 PDT 1996 curt@didactic.cynic.net:/usr/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/DIDACTIC sparc

>Description:
The make build does a `make install' in src/lib without doing a
`make distrib-dirs' in src/etc first. Thus, if a NetBSD file hierarchy
is not in place already (typically occuring when DESTDIR is set for a
fresh compile) the `make install' will fail.
>How-To-Repeat:
rm -rf /usr/newdest; mkdir /usr/newdest
DESTDIR=/usr/newdest; export DESTDIR
cd /usr/src/lib; make depend; make; make include
>Fix:
Add
	(cd ${.CURDIR}/etc && ${MAKE} distrib-dirs)
near the beginning of the `build' target in src/Makefile.
>Audit-Trail:
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