[Bug-tar] Re: Problem building from GIT

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi,

Am 21.01.2011 um 15:12 schrieb Dagobert Michelsen:
> I am currently trying to build GNU tar from GIT on Solaris 9 Sparc with
> Sun Studio 12 and encountered the following problem:
> 
>>  AR     libgnu.a
>>  GEN    charset.alias
>>  GEN    ref-add.sed
>>  GEN    ref-del.sed
>> gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/home/dam/tar/gnu'
>> gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/home/dam/tar/gnu'
>> gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/home/dam/tar/gnu'
>> Making all in lib
>> gmake[2]: Entering directory `/home/dam/tar/lib'
>>  GEN    rmt-command.h
>> gmake  all-am
>> gmake[3]: Entering directory `/home/dam/tar/lib'
>>  CC     paxerror.o
>> gmake[3]: *** No rule to make target `paxexit-status.c', needed by 
>> `paxexit-status.o'.  Stop.
>> gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/home/dam/tar/lib'
> 
> I notice that this was a recent change in GIT:
>  
> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=bb971a1e8a25cf2316d1cf5da309eb77b4975f0f
> Maybe there is something missing to make this work in all cases?

Renaming the file solved the issue:
  cp paxexit.c paxexit-status.c


Best regards

  -- Dago