Re: [Mingw-users] Building mingwex from cvs HEAD

[Michael G. <mg...@te...>]

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> if [ -d ./profile ]; then \
>           echo "Making  in profile..." ; \
>           if (rootme=3D`pwd`/ ; export rootme ; \
>             rootsrc=3D`cd /home/chicares/src/winsup/mingw; pwd`/ ; export=
 rootsrc
> ; \
>             cd ./profile; \
>             make AS=3D"as" CC=3D"gcc" CFLAGS=3D"-g -O2  " CXXFLAGS=3D"@CX=
XFLAGS@  " EXE_
> LDFLAGS=3D"" AR=3D"ar" RANLIB=3D"ranlib" LD=3D"ld" DLLTOOL=3D"dlltool" ex=
ec_prefix=3D"/home/
> chicares/winsup-install/" bindir=3D"/home/chicares/winsup-install//bin" l=
ibdir=3D""
> tooldir=3D"/home/chicares/winsup-install/" datadir=3D"/home/chicares/wins=
up-install/
> /share" infodir=3D"/home/chicares/winsup-install//info" includedir=3D"/ho=
me/chicares
> /winsup-install//include" inst_bindir=3D"/home/chicares/winsup-install//b=
in" inst_
> includedir=3D"/home/chicares/winsup-install//include" inst_libdir=3D"/hom=
e/chicares/
> winsup-install//lib" inst_docdir=3D"/home/chicares/winsup-install//doc/mi=
ngw-runti
> me" prefix=3D"/home/chicares/winsup-install/" target_alias=3D"" TAR=3D"ta=
r" TARFLAGS=3D"
> z" TARFILEEXT=3D".tar.gz" ) ; then true ; \
>           else exit 1 ; fi ; \
>         else true ; fi ; \
>=20
> /bin/sh: -c: line 9: syntax error: unexpected end of file
> make: *** [profile] Error 2
>=20
> But if I manually edit 'Makefile' and remove the last '\' above:
>=20
> -        else true ; fi ; \
> +        else true ; fi ;
>=20
> then it completes successfully. So is this an error? Should the
> trailing '\' be removed in 'winsup/mingw/Makefile.in' on line
> 476 as follows?
>=20
>  	    $(MAKE) $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) $(DO)) ; then true ; \
>  	  else exit 1 ; fi ; \
> -	else true ; fi ; \
> +	else true ; fi ;
>=20
>  force:
>=20
> But that patch feels wrong: that block of code has been unchanged
> since revision 1.5 of 2000-06-18, and I don't see why it shouldn't
> work.

Hmm.
This last statement indeed seems a strong argument against the above
change.

But looking at it it definitely seems strange. Why would there be a
continuation in the first place anyway ?
And what is in the following line ?
I recall some incarnations of "make" being picky about commands not
starting with a "\t" while others seem to be happy without it.
What's the line following the patched line ?
Does it start with a "\t" ?

Just to understand what happened, did you recently change your "make" ?

=46WIW by just looking at it I'd change it into

=2D	else true ; fi ; \
+	else true ; fi

After all the trailing ';' isn't needed at the end of the line anyway.

Best,
Michael
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