Re: pkg/34207 (/usr/pkgsrc/Makefile -- "make index" deletes INDEX's dependency PKGDB)

[Woodchuck <djv%bedford.net@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/34207; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Woodchuck <djv%bedford.net@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/34207 (/usr/pkgsrc/Makefile  -- "make index" deletes INDEX's
 dependency PKGDB)
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 06:24:08 -0500 (EST)

 On Tue, 2 Jan 2007, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
 
 > The following reply was made to PR pkg/34207; it has been noted by GNATS.
 >
 > From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>
 > To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
 > Cc:
 > Subject: Re: pkg/34207 (/usr/pkgsrc/Makefile  -- "make index" deletes 
 > INDEX's dependency PKGDB)
 > Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 11:20:16 +0100
 >
 > On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 03:00:05AM +0000, Woodchuck wrote:
 > >  > Does it work as expected now?
 > >
 > >  There is no change.
 > >
 > >  Makefile seems unchanged
 >
 > You need rev. 1.78 of pkgsrc/Makefile.
 >
 > Joerg
 
 # $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.78 2006/12/29 19:02:25 joerg Exp $
 #
 
 
 The relevavnt part is:
 
 ${.CURDIR}/INDEX:
 @${MAKE} ${.CURDIR}/PKGDB
 @${RM} -f ${.CURDIR}/INDEX
 @${AWK} -f ./mk/scripts/genindex.awk PKGSRCDIR=${.CURDIR} SORT=${SORT} $
 {.CURDIR}/PKGDB
 @${RM} -f ${.CURDIR}/PKGDB
 
 
 It is the rm'ing of PKGDB that prompted the report;  perhaps this
 file should be created and removed everytime "make index" is
 executed.  Since this is many, many hours of CPU work, I did not
 think that was the intent.  But now I do believe it is the intent
 of the author.  Otherwise, a messy dependency chain to create PKGDB
 would be necessary, and make would probably take longer to check it
 than to create PKGDB from nothing.
 
 So I believe the original report to have been made in error.
 
 Dave