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Bug 591126 - Gnome-Shell will not build due to Mutter problem Aug 7, 2009
Gnome-Shell will not build due to Mutter problem Aug 7, 2009
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 591120
Product: mutter
Classification: Core
Component: general
git master
Other All
: Normal blocker
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Assigned To: mutter-maint
mutter-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-08-08 06:11 UTC by Dean Loros
Modified: 2009-08-08 12:01 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Dean Loros 2009-08-08 06:11:25 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
Gnome-shell tried to build Mutter--fails due to Makefile:538: *** Recursive variable `GIR_VERBOSE_' references itself (eventually).  Stop.


Steps to reproduce:
1. Build Gnome-Shell
2. Makefile:538: *** Recursive variable `GIR_VERBOSE_' references itself (eventually).  Stop.

3. 


Actual results:
Non-build

Expected results:
Gnome-Shell built

Does this happen every time?
Yes

Other information:
*** Building mutter *** [5/7]
make  
make  all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/dean/gnome-shell/source/mutter'
Making all in src
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/dean/gnome-shell/source/mutter/src'
make  all-recursive
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/dean/gnome-shell/source/mutter/src'
Making all in wm-tester
make[4]: Entering directory `/home/dean/gnome-shell/source/mutter/src/wm-tester'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/dean/gnome-shell/source/mutter/src/wm-tester'
Making all in tools
make[4]: Entering directory `/home/dean/gnome-shell/source/mutter/src/tools'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/dean/gnome-shell/source/mutter/src/tools'
Making all in compositor/plugins
make[4]: Entering directory `/home/dean/gnome-shell/source/mutter/src/compositor/plugins'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/dean/gnome-shell/source/mutter/src/compositor/plugins'
make[4]: Entering directory `/home/dean/gnome-shell/source/mutter/src'
Makefile:538: *** Recursive variable `GIR_VERBOSE_' references itself (eventually).  Stop.
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/dean/gnome-shell/source/mutter/src'
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/dean/gnome-shell/source/mutter/src'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/dean/gnome-shell/source/mutter/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dean/gnome-shell/source/mutter'
make: *** [all] Error 2
*** Error during phase build of mutter: ########## Error running make   *** [5/7]
Comment 1 Owen Taylor 2009-08-08 12:01:55 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 591120 ***