compile error mol-0.9.70

Samuel Rydh mol-general@lists.maconlinux.org
Fri, 26 Mar 2004 02:14:31 +0100


On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 12:14:39PM -0500, FW Owen wrote:
> I just installed XFree86-4.4.0 and kde-3.2.1 from source so 
> I know that I have a good working setup.  I'm pretty sure 
> this problem is in mol.
> 
> [root@green mol-0.9.70]# make
> + Entering lxdialog
> + Entering kconfig
> /bin/sh: -c: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `;'
> /bin/sh: -c: line 1: `for x in  ; do  rm 
> -rf .objs-ppc/.artmp ; mkdir .objs-ppc/.artmp ;  ln 
> $x .objs-ppc/.artmp/lib.a ;  cd .objs-ppc/.artmp ;  ar x 
> lib.a || exit $? ; cd ../../ ;  ar q .objs-ppc/libkconf.a_ 
> `find .objs-ppc/.artmp -name *.o -o -name .dummy` || exit 
> $? ;  done ; true'
> make[2]: *** [.objs-ppc/libkconf.a] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [sub-kconfig-all] Error 2
> make: *** [bootstrap] Error 1

I'm not sure why this generates an error on your setup; it really
shouldn't. Some things to check:

- does the code work if it is executed directly from the prompt
- is /bin/sh symlinked to /bin/bash?
- what is the bash version

/Samuel