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Bug 452246 - install fails: Can't open .././mkinstalldirs
install fails: Can't open .././mkinstalldirs
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: GStreamer
Classification: Platform
Component: gst-plugins-base
git master
Other Linux
: Normal critical
: git master
Assigned To: GStreamer Maintainers
GStreamer Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-06-29 13:46 UTC by Christian Kirbach
Modified: 2007-06-29 14:02 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.19/2.20


Description Christian Kirbach 2007-06-29 13:46:46 UTC 
running make install:

Making install in po
make[1]: Betrete Verzeichnis '/media/bigspace/cvs/gnome/gst-plugins-base/po'
/bin/sh `case "./mkinstalldirs" in /*) echo "./mkinstalldirs" ;; *) echo ".././mkinstalldirs" ;; esac` /opt/gnome2/share
/bin/sh: Can't open .././mkinstalldirs
make[1]: *** [install-data-yes] Fehler 2
make[1]: Verlasse Verzeichnis '/media/bigspace/cvs/gnome/gst-plugins-base/po'
make: *** [install-recursive] Fehler 1
Comment 1 Tim-Philipp Müller 2007-06-29 13:53:00 UTC 
Interesting, I've seen this on the gentoo buildbots from time to time, but I've got absolutely no idea what causes it. What automake/autoconf versions are used/installed here?
Comment 2 Christian Kirbach 2007-06-29 14:02:45 UTC 
hmpf an entire new checkout fixed this. maybe cvs is the cuplprit.

nazgul@dragonscale:/svn/gnome/libgnomeui$ autoconf --version
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.61
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software.  You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.
nazgul@dragonscale:/svn/gnome/libgnomeui$ automake --version
automake (GNU automake) 1.9.6