[Tack-devel] util/data/build.mk:34: recipe for target '/tmp/ack-build/obj/util/data/em_flag.c' failed

[Paul D. <duf...@zo...>]

While compiling https://codeload.github.com/davidgiven/ack/tar.gz/release-6-0-pre-5 I get:

[...]

util/ack/files.c: In function ‘rmtemps’:

util/ack/files.c:151:18: warning: ‘return’ with no value, in function returning non-void

  151 |  if ( t_flag>1 ) return ;

      |                  ^~~~~~

util/ack/files.c:146:1: note: declared here

  146 | rmtemps() {

      | ^~~~~~~

util/ack/files.c: At top level:

util/ack/files.c:161:1: warning: return type defaults to ‘int’ [-Wimplicit-int]

  161 | add_input(file,phase) path *file ; trf *phase ; {

      | ^~~~~~~~~

util/ack/files.c: In function ‘add_input’:

util/ack/files.c:165:3: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘vprint’ [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]

  165 |   vprint("Adding %s to inputs of %s\n",

      |   ^~~~~~

util/ack/files.c:176:2: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘l_add’; did you mean ‘gr_add’? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]

  176 |  l_add(&phase->t_inputs,(char *)store) ;

      |  ^~~~~

      |  gr_add

CC /tmp/ack-build/obj//util/ack/mktables.o

util/ack/mktables.c:25:1: warning: return type defaults to ‘int’ [-Wimplicit-int]

   25 | main(argc,argv) char **argv ; {

      | ^~~~

util/ack/mktables.c: In function ‘main’:

util/ack/mktables.c:25:1: warning: type of ‘argc’ defaults to ‘int’ [-Wimplicit-int]

util/ack/mktables.c:26:11: warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of ‘i’ [-Wimplicit-int]

   26 |  register i ;

      |           ^

util/ack/mktables.c:28:2: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘start’ [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]

   28 |  start(argv[1]) ;

      |  ^~~~~

util/ack/mktables.c:31:3: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘readm’ [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]

   31 |   readm() ;

      |   ^~~~~

util/ack/mktables.c:33:2: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘stop’ [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]

   33 |  stop(argc>2) ;

      |  ^~~~

util/ack/mktables.c: At top level:

util/ack/mktables.c:37:1: warning: return type defaults to ‘int’ [-Wimplicit-int]

   37 | start(dir) char *dir ; {

      | ^~~~~

util/ack/mktables.c:54:1: warning: return type defaults to ‘int’ [-Wimplicit-int]

   54 | stop(filled) {

      | ^~~~

util/ack/mktables.c: In function ‘stop’:

util/ack/mktables.c:54:1: warning: type of ‘filled’ defaults to ‘int’ [-Wimplicit-int]

util/ack/mktables.c: At top level:

util/ack/mktables.c:73:1: warning: return type defaults to ‘int’ [-Wimplicit-int]

   73 | readm() {

      | ^~~~~

util/ack/mktables.c: In function ‘readm’:

util/ack/mktables.c:81:3: warning: ‘return’ with no value, in function returning non-void

   81 |   return ;

      |   ^~~~~~

util/ack/mktables.c:73:1: note: declared here

   73 | readm() {

      | ^~~~~

CPROGRAM /tmp/ack-build/obj/util/ack/mktables

MKTABLES

CC /tmp/ack-build/obj///tmp/ack-build/obj/util/ack/dmach.o

CC /tmp/ack-build/obj///tmp/ack-build/obj/util/ack/intable.o

CPROGRAM /tmp/ack-build/bin/ack

INSTALL /tmp/ack-build/staging/share/ack/descr/fe

INSTALL /tmp/ack-build/staging/bin/ack

INSTALL /tmp/ack-build/staging/share/man/man1/ack.1

DATA

util/data/build.mk:34: recipe for target '/tmp/ack-build/obj/util/data/em_flag.c' failed

make: *** [/tmp/ack-build/obj/util/data/em_flag.c] Error 2

paul@brebis:~/ack/ack-release-6-0-pre-5$ 



paul@brebis:~/ack/ack-release-6-0-pre-5$ gcc --version

gcc (Debian 10.2.1-6+hurd.1) 10.2.1 20210110



paul@brebis:~/ack/ack-release-6-0-pre-5$ uname -a

GNU brebis 0.9 GNU-Mach 1.8+git20201129-486/Hurd-0.9 i686-AT386 GNU



But had same problem on Ubuntu 20.10 64 bits... that I then realized that 64 bits is not supported.



I have seen ed note there... I installed it... but did not change the problem.



I note that the bad build.mk file is:

paul@brebis:~/ack/ack-release-6-0-pre-5$ cat util/data/build.mk

D := util/data



define util-data-impl



$(eval g := \

        $(OBJDIR)/$D/em_flag.c \

        $(OBJDIR)/$D/em_pseu.c \

        $(OBJDIR)/$D/em_mnem.c \

        $(INCDIR)/em_spec.h \

        $(INCDIR)/em_pseu.h \

        $(INCDIR)/em_mnem.h \

)



$(eval CLEANABLES += $g)

$(wordlist 2, $(words $g), $g): $(firstword $g)

$(firstword $g): $D/new_table h/em_table

        @echo DATA

        @mkdir -p $(dir $g)

        $(hide) $D/new_table h/em_table $(INCDIR) $(OBJDIR)/$D



$(call reset)

$(call cfile, $(OBJDIR)/$D/em_flag.c)

$(call cfile, $(OBJDIR)/$D/em_pseu.c)

$(call cfile, $(OBJDIR)/$D/em_mnem.c)

$(call cfile, $D/em_ptyp.c)



$(eval $q: $g)



$(call clibrary, $(LIBDIR)/libem_data.a)

$(eval LIBEM_DATA := $q)



endef



$(eval $(util-data-impl))

paul@brebis:~/ack/ack-release-6-0-pre-5$ 



line 34 being the last one: $(eval $(util-data-impl))