Re: Problem with new release target in maint.mk

[Reuben Thomas]

On 1 October 2012 20:37, Jim Meyering <address@hidden> wrote:
> Reuben Thomas wrote:
>> I get the following error while trying to make a GNU Zile release:
>>
>> /bin/bash: -c: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `then'
>> /bin/bash: -c: line 1: address@hidden test -d ../release; then  \'
>> make[2]: *** [release-prep] Error 1
>>
>> I'm using bash 4.2.24(1)-release as shipped with Ubuntu 12.04. /bin/sh
>> is dash 0.5.7. (I am slightly unclear why the error above is from
>> bash, not dash…)
>
> Hi Reuben,
>
> Are you sure you're using the latest?

$ cd gnulib
/home/rrt/Software/zile-stable/gnulib
$ git pull
Already up-to-date.

> For the record, now that rule starts like this:
>
> .PHONY: release-prep
> release-prep:
>         $(AM_V_GEN)$(MAKE) --no-print-directory -s announcement \
>           > ~/announce-$(my_distdir)
>         $(AM_V_at)if test -d $(release_archive_dir); then       \
>           ln $(rel-files) $(release_archive_dir);               \
>           chmod a-w $(rel-files);                               \
>         fi

I don't think it can be that, because that's not line 1. I think it's
the rule for writable-files:

writable-files:
        $(AM_V_GEN)if test -d $(release_archive_dir); then              \
          for file in $(DIST_ARCHIVES); do                              \
            for p in ./ $(release_archive_dir)/; do                     \

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