#399 Complex: cleared working directories cause massive confusion

[Jonathan Dushoff]

I was working on a complicated project with a DNC, non-WW-rule prerequisite project. I was having make flow problems, so I cleared both directories.

This led to state which I cannot understand. Although the project was apparently fine before (except for some chaining problems), now nothing could be made, and I couldn't understand what WW was trying to do. The key symptom seemed to be an obsolete attempt to invoke an obsolete makefile:

/usr/bin/make -C \
/usr/local/workingwiki/working-directories/persistent/pe-ww/lalashan.mcmaster.ca/theobio/circumcision/Modular_DHS \
hivmerge
Including .mk files: selection.mk unzip.mk convert.mk hivmerge.mk split.mk couples.mk examine.mk
Including tex.d files:
make: Entering directory `/usr/local/workingwiki/working-directories/persistent/pe-ww/lalashan.mcmaster.ca/theobio/circumcision/Modular_DHS'
cd && /usr/bin/make -f /usr/local/workingwiki/WorkingWiki/ProjectEngine/resources/makefile usr/local/workingwiki/working-directories/persistent/pe-ww/lalashan.mcmaster.ca/theobio/circumcision/DHS_files/Burkina_Faso.DHS.VI.mh.Rout
/bin/sh: line 0: cd: HOME not set

I tried:

• syncing files in both directories to make sure they existed
• turning on WW default rules in the prereq directory
• syncing the GnuMakefile in each directory to make sure it existed

the problem persisted

I then tried:

• copying the page and prereq definitions to a brand-new project

this not only allowed me to make, but as a side-effect, fixed the original project!

Obviously, this is impossible, but AFAICT, that's what happened.

The original project is http://lalashan.mcmaster.ca/theobio/circumcision/index.php/Modular_DHS . I had planned to leave it for you in its corrupt state, but now it's not corrupt, so I'll probably keep working there.

The rescue project is http://lalashan.mcmaster.ca/theobio/circumcision/index.php/New_DHS

The prereq that I cleared is http://lalashan.mcmaster.ca/theobio/circumcision/index.php/DHS_files

[Jonathan Dushoff]

Now less impossible. The rescue directory didn't solve the problem with Modular DHS -- merely concealed it. Modular DHS is still unable to make things in DHS files, even though the meant-to-be-identical New DHS can. I thought the problem was solved because I had accidentally used New to make the files that Modular was looking for.

I will set up Modular to ask for some obscure file so that the problem will persist for you to look at.

[Lee Worden]

Wah!