Re: gdbm build issues ("make install" SOLVED)

[Ken Teague]

Ken Teague wrote:
> /usr/pkg/bin/ginstall -c -m 644 -o bin -g bin gdbm.h  
> /arpa/ns/s/syntax/include/gdbm.h
> /usr/pkg/bin/ginstall: cannot change ownership of 
> `/arpa/ns/s/syntax/include/gdbm.h': Operation not permitted
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop.
> make: stopped in /arpa/ns/s/syntax/project/gdbm-1.8.3

I found the problem to this first issue.  ginstall is being invoked with -o and 
-g and attempting to set owner and group to "bin".  I managed to circumvent 
this evilness by editing the BINOWN and BINGRP variables in the Makefile.  make 
install is happy now.

It appears that this has been a problem for quite some time.  
  http://lists.tinysofa.org/pipermail/tinysofa-devel/2004-May/000044.html

Will it ever be fixed?  Here's a patch file, if it helps:

<snip>
--- Makefile.in.orig    2009-01-08 17:25:51.000000000 +0000
+++ Makefile.in 2009-01-08 17:27:45.000000000 +0000
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@
 INSTALL_PROGRAM = @INSTALL_PROGRAM@
 INSTALL_DATA = @INSTALL_DATA@

-# File ownership and group
-BINOWN = bin
-BINGRP = bin
-
 MAKEINFO = makeinfo
 TEXI2DVI = texi2dvi

@@ -131,11 +127,11 @@
                $(INSTALL_ROOT)$(includedir) $(INSTALL_ROOT)$(man3dir) \
                $(INSTALL_ROOT)$(infodir)
        $(LIBTOOL) $(INSTALL) -c libgdbm.la $(INSTALL_ROOT)$(libdir)/libgdbm.la
-       $(INSTALL_DATA) -o $(BINOWN) -g $(BINGRP) gdbm.h \
+       $(INSTALL_DATA) gdbm.h \
                $(INSTALL_ROOT)$(includedir)/gdbm.h
-       $(INSTALL_DATA) -o $(BINOWN) -g $(BINGRP) $(srcdir)/gdbm.3 \
+       $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/gdbm.3 \
                $(INSTALL_ROOT)$(man3dir)/gdbm.3
-       $(INSTALL_DATA) -o $(BINOWN) -g $(BINGRP) $(srcdir)/gdbm.info \
+       $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/gdbm.info \
                $(INSTALL_ROOT)$(infodir)/gdbm.info

 install-compat:
@@ -143,9 +139,9 @@
                $(INSTALL_ROOT)$(includedir)
        $(LIBTOOL) $(INSTALL) -c libgdbm_compat.la \
                $(INSTALL_ROOT)$(libdir)/libgdbm_compat.la
-       $(INSTALL_DATA) -o $(BINOWN) -g $(BINGRP) $(srcdir)/dbm.h \
+       $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/dbm.h \
                $(INSTALL_ROOT)$(includedir)/dbm.h
-       $(INSTALL_DATA) -o $(BINOWN) -g $(BINGRP) $(srcdir)/ndbm.h \
+       $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/ndbm.h \
                $(INSTALL_ROOT)$(includedir)/ndbm.h

 #libgdbm.a: $(OBJS) gdbm.h
<snip>

This is my first time creating a patch file.  Please don't hurt me if it's 
wrong.  Makefile.in.orig is the original and Makefile.in is what I modified to 
make it work.  Basically, I removed the BINOWN and BINGRP variables and where 
they're called upon.  I rebuilt gdbm using "make install" without issues after 
this.

make progs is still an issue for me, though.  I'm really not sure if I need 
make progs in order to build mutt with header_cache.

- Ken