Re: A possible bug?

[Kerin Millar]

On Tue, 26 Dec 2023, at 6:06 PM, George R Goffe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm building bash with the bash at " git clone 
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/bash.git"; and am seeing the following 
> messages:
>
> make depend
> bash ./support/mkdep -c gcc --  -DPROGRAM='"bash"' 
> -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='"x86_64"' -DCONF_OSTYPE='"linux-gnu"' 
> -DCONF_MACHTYPE='"x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"' -DCONF_VENDOR='"pc"' 
> -DLOCALEDIR='"/usr/lsd/Linux/share/locale"' -DPACKAGE='"bash"' -DSHELL 
> -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -I.  -I. -I./include -I./lib -I./lib/intl 
> -I/tools/bash/bash/lib/intl   -g -O2 -Wno-parentheses 
> -Wno-format-security shell.c eval.c parse.y general.c make_cmd.c 
> print_cmd.c y.tab.c dispose_cmd.c execute_cmd.c variables.c  version.c 
> expr.c copy_cmd.c flags.c subst.c hashcmd.c hashlib.c mailcheck.c 
> test.c trap.c alias.c jobs.c nojobs.c  braces.c input.c bashhist.c 
> array.c arrayfunc.c assoc.c sig.c pathexp.c unwind_prot.c siglist.c 
> bashline.c bracecomp.c error.c list.c stringlib.c locale.c findcmd.c 
> redir.c pcomplete.c pcomplib.c syntax.c xmalloc.c
> bash: ./support/mkdep: No such file or directory
> make: *** [Makefile:978: depends] Error 127
>
>
>
> I do have a full log if you need/want it. I don't see mkdep anywhere in 
> the build tree. Is this a "bug" or a mistake on my part?

As far as I can tell, it exists only in the devel branch. However, mkdep should 
not be used - at least, not for GNU make. Which commands were issued on your 
part?

-- 
Kerin Millar