Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] build broken for $srcdir != $builddir

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From: Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 08:58:56 -0600 (CST)
On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Bernd Becker wrote:

> I think the problem is the following:
> Gerald created a new directory packaging/rpm/SPECS in CVS.
> If you are updating you working copy with "cvs update" or
> "cvs update -P" only, the new directory won't be created.
> You need to call "cvs update" with the "-d" option and it will
> get the SPECS directory and the files therein.
> 
> Maybe a hint could be added in
> http://www.ethereal.com/development.html#anoncvs
> about this?

Done.



> --On Montag, Januar 21, 2002 17:11:45 +1100 Tim Potter <tpot@xxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi everyone.  Ethereal seems to be broken for the case where
> > the source directory is not the same as the build directory:
> >
> > Making all in packaging
> > make[2]: Entering directory `/data/work/ethereal/build/packaging'
> > Making all in rpm
> > make[3]: Entering directory `/data/work/ethereal/build/packaging/rpm'
> > Making all in SPECS
> > /bin/sh: cd: SPECS: No such file or directory
> >
> > I'm sure there is a one line fix for this but it escapes my meagre
> > autoconf skills at the moment.
> >
> >
> > Tim.
> 
> 
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