make distcheck fails right now for two reasons

[Juergen Reuter]

This is the output:

/usr/bin/install -c -d -m 755 /afs/physik.uni-freiburg.de/home/reuter/var/cache
/usr/bin/install -c -d -m 755 /localscratch/reuter/whizard2.0/trunk/build/whizard-2.0.0_rc1/_inst/var/cache
if test -w /localscratch/reuter/whizard2.0/trunk/build/whizard-2.0.0_rc1/_inst/var/cache ; then \
          /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 -c omega_QED.cache omega_QCD.cache omega_SM.cache /localscratch/reuter/whizard2.0/trunk/build/whizard-2.0.0_rc1/_inst/var/cache ; \
        elif test -w /afs/physik.uni-freiburg.de/home/reuter/var/cache ; then \
          /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 -c omega_QED.cache omega_QCD.cache omega_SM.cache /afs/physik.uni-freiburg.de/home/reuter/var/cache ; \
        fi
/usr/bin/install: setting permissions for `/afs/physik.uni-freiburg.de/home/reuter/var/cache/omega_SM.cache': No such file or directory
/usr/bin/install: cannot change ownership of `/afs/physik.uni-freiburg.de/home/reuter/var/cache/omega_SM.cache': No such file or directory
make[5]: *** [install-data-local] Error 1
make[5]: Leaving directory `/localscratch/reuter/whizard2.0/trunk/build/whizard-2.0.0_rc1/_build/src/omega/bin'
make[4]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make[4]: Leaving directory `/localscratch/reuter/whizard2.0/trunk/build/whizard-2.0.0_rc1/_build/src/omega/bin'
make[3]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/localscratch/reuter/whizard2.0/trunk/build/whizard-2.0.0_rc1/_build/src/omega'
make[2]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/localscratch/reuter/whizard2.0/trunk/build/whizard-2.0.0_rc1/_build/src'
make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/localscratch/reuter/whizard2.0/trunk/build/whizard-2.0.0_rc1/_build'
make: *** [distcheck] Error 1

So it stumbles in an unsuccessful try to change permissions of a non-existent cache file.

For some strange reason, make -j distcheck (with a different installation goes through. What?

[ohl]

That's most likely the source of the permission problems

/afs/physik.uni-freiburg.de/

I had similar issues with setting up a subversion repository for Alex K. in the AFS at Freiburg.

We can not work around local problems that trip up /ur/bin/install. I could use cp and/or leave out the -m 644, but

/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 file writeable-directory

must work.

[Juergen Reuter]

Right now, I can't reproduce this. We should write a remark into the manual concerning permission problems with AFS directories. Will do that.

There still is the issue when noweb.sty is not installed. Somehow, 'make' doesn't go through.

[Juergen Reuter]

Finally, I think all issued are tackled within r1628. Closing the ticket.

[Juergen Reuter]

Milestone v2.0-rc1 deleted