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DateWed, 21 Nov 2001 09:08:54 +0100
From"Marcel J.E. Mol" <>
SubjectRe: make modules_install fails with latest fileutils
On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 11:52:26AM +1100, Keith Owens wrote:
> 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.

Or to RedHat who introduced this fileutils in their tree (but then again,
it is Rawhide so I have nothing to complain about :-)

> (2) The correct workaround is>      cp -f $(sort $(ALL_MOBJS)) $(MODLIB)/kernel/$(MOD_DESTDIR)$(MOD_TARGET)

shouldn't this then be 'sort -u'.

-Marcel
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