Re: firefox-74.0.1 build failure

[Roland Illig <roland.illig%gmx.de@localhost>]

On 08.04.2020 12:49, Chavdar Ivanov wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Running 'make -d all configure' shows the problem in a long command
> invoking the configure sh script (which further invokes python2.7),
> the problem is in the first few characters - it starts with
> ...
> set -e;ulimit -d `ulimit -H -d`; ; ulimit -d `ulimit -H -d`; ;
>                                    cd
> /usr/pkgsrc/www/firefox/work/firefox-74.0.1 && ....
>
> Notice the duplication of the ulimit command (obviously harmless, but
> why?) and the double semicolons, twice. This is illegal syntax for sh.
> bash and ksh, but works fine for zsh and curiously fails for ksh93
> only interactively, working as part of a script. I am still not able
> to figure out how the above is generated.

Figuring this out is very simple. Just run:

make PKGSRC_DEBUG_LEVEL=2 configure

This will tell you the ${.TARGET} that belongs to these commands. From
there, finding the actual cause should be simple.