Re: make modules_install fails with latest fileutils

From: Keith Owens (kaos@ocs.com.au)
Date: Tue Nov 20 2001 - 19:52:26 EST


On Tue, 20 Nov 2001 19:38:20 +0100,
"Marcel J.E. Mol" <marcel@mesa.nl> wrote:
>Just had some problems doing a modules_install with
>fileutils-1.1.1-1 (redhat rawhide). The cp command
>in there gives a non-zero return value when it is asked
>to copy the same file in the argument list:
>
>--- Rules.make.org Tue Nov 20 19:36:16 2001
>+++ Rules.make Mon Nov 19 23:48:03 2001
>@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
> _modinst__: dummy
> ifneq "$(strip $(ALL_MOBJS))" ""
> mkdir -p $(MODLIB)/kernel/$(MOD_DESTDIR)
>- cp -f $(ALL_MOBJS) $(MODLIB)/kernel/$(MOD_DESTDIR)$(MOD_TARGET)
>+ -cp -f $(ALL_MOBJS) $(MODLIB)/kernel/$(MOD_DESTDIR)$(MOD_TARGET)
> endif

(1) Complain to the fileutils maintainer for introducing incompatible
    behaviour.
(2) The correct workaround is
     cp -f $(sort $(ALL_MOBJS)) $(MODLIB)/kernel/$(MOD_DESTDIR)$(MOD_TARGET)

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