342453 - dist/include/nspr/md: File exists - Error when building ppc 1.8 branch

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox Build System :: General, defect)

Description

[Zach Lipton [:zach]]

When building the 1.8 branch (objdir build, ppc, gcc 3.3, OS 10.4.6), I keep getting this error in nspr: 

../../../config/./nsinstall: cannot make symbolic link /Users/zach/tree/branch/mozilla/obj-powerpc-apple-darwin8.6.0/dist/include/nspr/md: File exists

This is with a clean pull. A trunk build from the same time had no problems whatsoever. Tinderbox doesn't seem to be burning, so I imagine this is some sort of an issue with my system, but I can't seem to figure out what. bsmedberg recommended I file.

Comment 1

[cls]

It looks like the error comes from building in nsprpub/pr/include/md .  A full build log would clear up the ambiguity.  It looks like the following call is failing:
    $(INSTALL) -m 444 $(CONFIGS) $(HEADERS) $(dist_includedir)/md
Since HEADERS & CONFIGS are both populated using $(wildcard), make sure that the files actually exist in mozilla/nsprpub/pr/include/md/ .

Comment 2

[Mike Shaver (:shaver emeritus)]

PPC and 1.8 branch are no more.