775627 - builds with existing objdir but updated srcdir fail to locate make-makefile

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox Build System :: General, defect)

Description

[Nathan Froyd [:froydnj]]

I've seen this when I've done something like:

(...autoconf calls...) && ./config.status --recheck && make -s

The failure I run into is:

make[3]: Entering directory `/home/froydnj/src/debug-mc'
cd js/src && /usr/bin/perl ../m-c.git/build/autoconf/make-makefile -t ../m-c.git/js/src -d . Makefile
Can't open perl script "../m-c.git/build/autoconf/make-makefile": No such file or directory

which seems to be due to:

http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/config/rules.mk#1164

(notice that the cd command in there is not compensated for in the call to make-makefiles)

triggered by the lone instance of subsrcdir in the tree:

http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/Makefile.in#228

Comment 1

[Mike Hommey [:glandium]]

It's working for me and for build slaves because topsrcdir is an absolute directory, here and there. Looks like it isn't for you.

Comment 2

[Mike Hommey [:glandium]]

Attachment: Use an absolute directory to call make-makefile for submakefiles

Comment 3

[Nathan Froyd [:froydnj]]

make-makefile has gone away, so this bug is moot.