Re: make install bug?
You are right, CDPATH is the problem. I am no longer exporting CDPATH.
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On 12/12/05, Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
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> eschvoca <eschvoca@gmail.com> writes:
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> > I can fix the problem by changing templates/Makefile to the following:
> >
> > install: all
> > $(INSTALL) -d -m755 $(call shellquote,$(DESTDIR)$(template_dir))
> > (cd blt && $(TAR) cf - . > /tmp/a.tar) | \
> > (cd $(call shellquote,$(DESTDIR)$(template_dir)) && $(TAR) xf /tmp/a.tar)
>
> Here is my guess. Could you try, from your interactive shell:
>
> $ (unset CDPATH; make install)
>
> first without the above "fix" (your "fixed" pipe does not make
> any sense --- what are the data passed between pipe upstream and
> downstream?)?
>
> If that makes the problem go away, then your environment is
> broken --- my guess is that you are exporting CDPATH to
> non-interactive scripts. Don't do that.
>
> I once googled for "CDPATH" and saw many "guide to unix" type
> webpages talk about "CDPATH environment variable"; they are the
> real culprit to cause this confusion in peoples' .bash_profile.
> CDPATH might be a nice variable for interactive shells, but is a
> horrible one if made environment.
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