[GRASS5] [bug #2663] (grass) problems in 5.7 debianization, affecting Grass.make, Platform.make

[Markus Neteler]

On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 01:15:27PM +0200, Request Tracker wrote:
> this bug's URL: http://intevation.de/rt/webrt?serial_num=2663
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Subject: problems in 5.7 debianization, affecting Grass.make, Platform.make
> 
> Platform: GNU/Linux/i386
> grass obtained from: Mirror of Trento site
> grass binary for platform: Compiled from Sources
> GRASS Version: 5.7
> 
> while attempting to 'debuild' grass 5.7 on debian/sid : 

Not knowing anything about Debian, but is 'debuild' the
method to compile? I thought it was 'dpkg-buildpackage'.
What I tried so far is described at
 http://mpa.itc.it/markus/grass57/debian/grass57deb/
 "3) Alternative: How to create a binary deb (any architecture)
  from fresh GRASS CVS snapshots"

  
> When I freshly unpacked the package, then tried a 'debuild', I encountered 
> the following problem during that 'debuild' : 
> Makefile:22: include/Make/Platform.make: No such file or directory 
> Makefile:23: include/Make/Grass.make: No such file or directory 

This indicates that 'configure' wasn't run.

[...]
>  
> After running 
> fakeroot debian/rules config.status 
> ...it seemed like that particular problem was resolved. (It looks like the 
> missing makefiles are being generated during the GRASS 'configure' step.) 
>  
> Then, after another 'debuild', I encountered the same error, though after  
> more output -- perhaps, after the  debian/rules 'clean' target was able to 
> succeed. 
> Again, the errors were: 
> Makefile:22: include/Make/Platform.make: No such file or directory 
> Makefile:23: include/Make/Grass.make: No such file or directory 
> ...which wasn't so surprising, after noticing that some commands shortly 
> before those errors had deleted the specified makefiles. 
>  
>  
> (Perhaps the debain/rules file is not ensuring that the 'configure' step 
> will be done before the full build?) 

Maybe. How to ensure that?


> --Full Trancript-- 
> dpkg-buildpackage: source package is grass 
> dpkg-buildpackage: source version is 5.7.0-1 
> dpkg-buildpackage: source maintainer is Markus Neteler (devel) 
> <neteler at itc.it> 
> dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture is i386 
>  fakeroot debian/rules clean 
> dh_testdir 
> dh_testroot 
> rm -f build-stamp  
> # Add here commands to clean up after the build process. 
> /usr/bin/make distclean 
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/GRASS/grass-5.7.0' 


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> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/GRASS/grass-5.7.0' 
> make: [clean] Error 2 (ignored) 
> cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.sub config.sub 
> cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.guess config.guess 
> dh_clean build-stamp configure-stamp 
>  dpkg-source -b grass-5.7.0 
> dpkg-source: building grass in grass_5.7.0-1.tar.gz 
> [[[interrupted]]] 
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>  
> I don't want to go editing the debian/rules file, when I'm not sure what 
> setup you're expecting. 

Not us, what Debian is expecting :-)
  
> I notice, though, that a typical debian/rules file will contain the 
> following targets: 
>  
> ------ 
> configure: configure-stamp 
> configure-stamp: 
>  dh_testdir 
> # Add here commands to configure the package. 
>         configure 
>  touch configure-stamp 
> build: build-stamp 
> build-stamp: configure-stamp  
>  dh_testdir 
> # Add here commands to compile the package. 
>  $(MAKE) 
>  touch build-stamp 
> ------- 
>  
> ...and that seems to make it "just work", hehe. 
>  
> I'm not sure what would need to be done, to resolve this; I might be trying 
> some hacks, to make it work, locally -- could "share my notes", then, if 
> needed 

Yes. Please send the updated debian/rules to me once it it working.
Then I'll update in CVS. I have no longer access to Debian so I cannot
test.

Thanks

 Markus