[Expat-bugs] [ expat-Bugs-1613457 ] Makefile.in problem on NETBSD 3.1

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Bugs item #1613457, was opened at 2006-12-11 14:50
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Category: Build control
Group: Platform Specific
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Assigned to: Greg Stein (gstein)
Summary: Makefile.in problem on NETBSD 3.1

Initial Comment:
After running the configure script, then trying to run make, it errors out:

squallbsr at karasu2 [~/source/expat-2.0.0]$ make
make: "/Users/squallbsr/source/expat-2.0.0/Makefile" line 47: Need an operator
make: "/Users/squallbsr/source/expat-2.0.0/Makefile" line 49: Need an operator
make: Fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue

This can be fixed by adjusting the ifndef INSTALL_ROOT section around lines 47-49 in Makefile.in

I changed it to:

INSTALL_ROOT ?= $(DESTDIR)

which worked on NetBSD and for my application, this of course would need more testing as all I wanted was for expat to complile, not install.

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>Comment By: Karl Waclawek (kwaclaw)
Date: 2006-12-12 14:32

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Apparently - after doing a Goole search - Solaris as well as BSD Make
have issues with the "ifndef" syntax. Is there a way to keep the logic
with another syntax? It looks as if "?=" does not have exactly the same
logic.

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Comment By: Bryan Rehbein (squallbsr)
Date: 2006-12-11 14:54

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Bug reported by: br39290 at squall.us

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