>Number:         6671
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       Make fails to make targets, but make -dA builds them
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Dec 28 12:05:01 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Garbled User
>Organization:
	
>Release:        12-16-98<NetBSD-current source date>
>Environment:
	
NetBSD giauzar 1.3I NetBSD 1.3I (GIAUZAR) #3: Wed Nov 25 09:52:24 MST 
1998     root@rigel:/usr/src/current/src/sys/arch/alpha/compile/GIAUZAR alpha

>Description:

Trying to debug why pkgsrc/audio/xwave fails to build on alpha today.. I 
ran across a very odd curiosity.  The pkg creates a library called libfwf.a,
by issuing successive ar r commands to create the final lib.

Running the build over and over, produces:
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  257732 Dec 28 12:36 work/xwave/lib/libfwf.a

so after some fiddling, I finally ran make with -dA, which produced:

-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  264402 Dec 28 12:42 work/xwave/lib/libfwf.a

ar tv on the make build:

rw-r--r-- 0/0  20992 Dec 28 12:36 1998 Board.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0  39672 Dec 28 12:36 1998 Common.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0  35592 Dec 28 12:36 1998 Frame.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0  21936 Dec 28 12:36 1998 Group.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0  12632 Dec 28 12:36 1998 RowCol.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0  13176 Dec 28 12:36 1998 Toggle.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0   3032 Dec 28 12:36 1998 long.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0  27200 Dec 28 12:36 1998 icon.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0   3328 Dec 28 12:36 1998 choosecol.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0  13440 Dec 28 12:36 1998 StrToPmap.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0  12752 Dec 28 12:36 1998 Pen.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0   6000 Dec 28 12:36 1998 strarray.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0   3096 Dec 28 12:36 1998 VarArgs.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0   6680 Dec 28 12:36 1998 Button.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0  23752 Dec 28 12:36 1998 Label.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0   2576 Dec 28 12:36 1998 DrawImageString.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0   2552 Dec 28 12:36 1998 DrawString.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0   2664 Dec 28 12:36 1998 Tablist2Tabs.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0   2376 Dec 28 12:36 1998 TextWidth.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0   1681 Dec 28 12:36 1998 strnchr.o

ar tv on the make -dA build:

rw-r--r-- 0/0  20992 Dec 28 12:42 1998 Board.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0  39672 Dec 28 12:42 1998 Common.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0  35592 Dec 28 12:42 1998 Frame.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0  21936 Dec 28 12:42 1998 Group.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0   6552 Dec 28 12:42 1998 RadioGrp.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0  12632 Dec 28 12:42 1998 RowCol.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0  13176 Dec 28 12:42 1998 Toggle.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0   3032 Dec 28 12:42 1998 long.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0  27200 Dec 28 12:42 1998 icon.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0   3328 Dec 28 12:42 1998 choosecol.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0  13440 Dec 28 12:42 1998 StrToPmap.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0  12752 Dec 28 12:42 1998 Pen.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0   6000 Dec 28 12:42 1998 strarray.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0   3096 Dec 28 12:42 1998 VarArgs.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0   6680 Dec 28 12:42 1998 Button.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0  23752 Dec 28 12:42 1998 Label.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0   2576 Dec 28 12:42 1998 DrawImageString.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0   2552 Dec 28 12:42 1998 DrawString.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0   2664 Dec 28 12:42 1998 Tablist2Tabs.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0   2376 Dec 28 12:42 1998 TextWidth.o
rw-r--r-- 0/0   1681 Dec 28 12:42 1998 strnchr.o

Note how the debugging build contains RadioGrp.o and the other does not.

so I try with gmake:

-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  261222 Dec 28 12:48 work/xwave/lib/libfwf.a

Unfortunately gmake doesn't solve the whole problem, as it blows up in 
the build later on.. (unrelated gmake-type problems)

additionally, make -da also solves the problem..  allowing the library to 
be built correctly:

-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  264402 Dec 28 12:51 work/xwave/lib/libfwf.a

just for the curious:
-r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  161168 Dec 16 16:32 /usr/bin/make

Thats the date of my -current build.

>How-To-Repeat:
cd /usr/src/pkgsrc/audio/xwave
make
(lose)
make clean && make -da
(win)

	
>Fix:
make -da fixes the problem..  god knows why.. must be something in there that
either is broken in current, or breaks on alpha in current.
	
>Audit-Trail:
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