/usr/bin/install doesn't install files from Makefile

/usr/bin/install doesn't install files from Makefile

[Michael Osipov]

Hi,

I am trying to install an application which autoconf. While configure 
and make run fine, make install does it's job but no files and 
directories are created at the end. As if no action has happened.

I am building asciidoc-8.6.9 from source. I am on Windows XP SP3.

How can I figure out why install is silently failing?

Thanks,

Michael

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Re: /usr/bin/install doesn't install files from Makefile

[Marco Atzeri]

On 14/09/2014 13:16, Michael Osipov wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to install an application which autoconf. While configure
> and make run fine, make install does it's job but no files and
> directories are created at the end. As if no action has happened.
>
> I am building asciidoc-8.6.9 from source. I am on Windows XP SP3.
>
> How can I figure out why install is silently failing?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael

Is eventually installing in /usr/local ?

Marco


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Re: /usr/bin/install doesn't install files from Makefile

[Csaba Raduly]

On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Michael Osipov  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to install an application which autoconf. While configure and
> make run fine, make install does it's job but no files and directories are
> created at the end. As if no action has happened.
>
> I am building asciidoc-8.6.9 from source. I am on Windows XP SP3.
>
> How can I figure out why install is silently failing?

Hi Michael,

What's the output of "make install" ? Maybe the install target is just a no-op.

Csaba
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Re: /usr/bin/install doesn't install files from Makefile

[Michael Osipov]

Am 2014-09-15 um 12:15 schrieb Csaba Raduly:
> On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Michael Osipov  wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to install an application which autoconf. While configure and
>> make run fine, make install does it's job but no files and directories are
>> created at the end. As if no action has happened.
>>
>> I am building asciidoc-8.6.9 from source. I am on Windows XP SP3.
>>
>> How can I figure out why install is silently failing?
>
> Hi Michael,
>
> What's the output of "make install" ? Maybe the install target is just a no-op.

Hi Csaba,

I do not think that this is a nop, it wouldn't make any sense. Here is 
the make install output:

http://pastebin.com/sKELTjZe

Thanks,

Michael


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Re: /usr/bin/install doesn't install files from Makefile

[Csaba Raduly]

Hi Michael,

On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Michael Osipov  wrote:
> Am 2014-09-15 um 12:15 schrieb Csaba Raduly:
>> What's the output of "make install" ? Maybe the install target is just a
>> no-op.
>
>
> Hi Csaba,
>
> I do not think that this is a nop, it wouldn't make any sense. Here is the
> make install output:
>
> http://pastebin.com/sKELTjZe
>

Indeed it isn't. Your files were installed under
/home/mosipov/asciidoc, e.g. asciidoc.py is in
/home/mosipov/asciidoc/bin/

Csaba
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Re: /usr/bin/install doesn't install files from Makefile

[Michael Osipov]

Am 2014-09-16 um 19:59 schrieb Csaba Raduly:
> Hi Michael,
>
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Michael Osipov  wrote:
>> Am 2014-09-15 um 12:15 schrieb Csaba Raduly:
>>> What's the output of "make install" ? Maybe the install target is just a
>>> no-op.
>>
>>
>> Hi Csaba,
>>
>> I do not think that this is a nop, it wouldn't make any sense. Here is the
>> make install output:
>>
>> http://pastebin.com/sKELTjZe
>>
>
> Indeed it isn't. Your files were installed under
> /home/mosipov/asciidoc, e.g. asciidoc.py is in
> /home/mosipov/asciidoc/bin/
>

Unfortunately, it is not:
...
(cd /home/mosipov/asciidoc/bin; ln -sf asciidoc.py asciidoc)
(cd /home/mosipov/asciidoc/bin; ln -sf a2x.py a2x)

mosipov@mika /cygdrive/e/Downloads/asciidoc-8.6.9
$ ls -la $HOME
insgesamt 30
drwxr-xr-x+ 1 mosipov Kein    0 13. Sep 14:15 .
drwxrwxrwt+ 1 mosipov Kein    0 13. Sep 14:25 ..
-rw-------  1 mosipov Kein 4811 16. Sep 12:55 .bash_history
-rwxr-xr-x  1 mosipov Kein 1494 31. Mai 17:07 .bash_profile
-rwxr-xr-x  1 mosipov Kein 6054 31. Mai 17:07 .bashrc
-rwxr-xr-x  1 mosipov Kein 1919 31. Mai 17:07 .inputrc
-rw-------  1 mosipov Kein   72 15. Sep 11:19 .lesshst
-rw-r--r--  1 mosipov Kein   74 14. Sep 12:53 .minttyrc
-rwxr-xr-x  1 mosipov Kein 1236 31. Mai 17:07 .profile


Michael

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Re: /usr/bin/install doesn't install files from Makefile

[Marco Atzeri]

On 17/09/2014 10:56, Michael Osipov wrote:
> Am 2014-09-16 um 19:59 schrieb Csaba Raduly:
>> Hi Michael,


> Unfortunately, it is not:
> ...
> (cd /home/mosipov/asciidoc/bin; ln -sf asciidoc.py asciidoc)
> (cd /home/mosipov/asciidoc/bin; ln -sf a2x.py a2x)
> 

have you thought to look on asciidoc source ?
The install system is very poor, so it is not an issue of make..

However with

$ autoreconf -ifv
$ ./configure --prefix=/asciidoc
$ make install DESTDIR="/tmp/foo"

I was able to install in "/tmp/foo/asciidoc"

same for any other destination


> Michael

Regards
Marco

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Re: /usr/bin/install doesn't install files from Makefile

[Michael Osipov]

Hi Marco,

Am 2014-09-17 um 12:16 schrieb Marco Atzeri:
> On 17/09/2014 10:56, Michael Osipov wrote:
>> Am 2014-09-16 um 19:59 schrieb Csaba Raduly:
>>> Hi Michael,
>
>
>> Unfortunately, it is not:
>> ...
>> (cd /home/mosipov/asciidoc/bin; ln -sf asciidoc.py asciidoc)
>> (cd /home/mosipov/asciidoc/bin; ln -sf a2x.py a2x)
>>
>
> have you thought to look on asciidoc source ?
> The install system is very poor, so it is not an issue of make..
>
> However with
>
> $ autoreconf -ifv
> $ ./configure --prefix=/asciidoc
> $ make install DESTDIR="/tmp/foo"
>
> I was able to install in "/tmp/foo/asciidoc"
>
> same for any other destination

I have reinstalled cygwin, just in case. Tried the commands above, it 
does work but only for /tmp. Anything else does not work. To compare 
stuff, I tried to configure, build and install curl. It does work with 
/usr/local.

I will raise a bug with asciidoc. Very annoying, I have wasted to much 
for this.

Thank you very much for your help,

Michael

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Re: /usr/bin/install doesn't install files from Makefile

[Michael Osipov]

Am 2014-09-17 um 12:16 schrieb Marco Atzeri:
> On 17/09/2014 10:56, Michael Osipov wrote:
>> Am 2014-09-16 um 19:59 schrieb Csaba Raduly:
>>> Hi Michael,
>
>
>> Unfortunately, it is not:
>> ...
>> (cd /home/mosipov/asciidoc/bin; ln -sf asciidoc.py asciidoc)
>> (cd /home/mosipov/asciidoc/bin; ln -sf a2x.py a2x)
>>
>
> have you thought to look on asciidoc source ?
> The install system is very poor, so it is not an issue of make..
>
> However with
>
> $ autoreconf -ifv
> $ ./configure --prefix=/asciidoc
> $ make install DESTDIR="/tmp/foo"
>
> I was able to install in "/tmp/foo/asciidoc"

Hi Marco,

just tried to reproduce this on some other project which should work. I 
have tried curl from GitHub master.

I have the very same result. I cannot install in $HOME/curl but
make install DESTDIR="/tmp" successfully ends up in /tmp/home/mosipov/curl.

This is very strange.

Michael


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Re: /usr/bin/install doesn't install files from Makefile

[Marco Atzeri]

On 22/09/2014 23:14, Michael Osipov wrote:
> Am 2014-09-17 um 12:16 schrieb Marco Atzeri:
>> On 17/09/2014 10:56, Michael Osipov wrote:
>>> Am 2014-09-16 um 19:59 schrieb Csaba Raduly:
>>>> Hi Michael,
>>
>>
>>> Unfortunately, it is not:
>>> ...
>>> (cd /home/mosipov/asciidoc/bin; ln -sf asciidoc.py asciidoc)
>>> (cd /home/mosipov/asciidoc/bin; ln -sf a2x.py a2x)
>>>
>>
>> have you thought to look on asciidoc source ?
>> The install system is very poor, so it is not an issue of make..
>>
>> However with
>>
>> $ autoreconf -ifv
>> $ ./configure --prefix=/asciidoc
>> $ make install DESTDIR="/tmp/foo"
>>
>> I was able to install in "/tmp/foo/asciidoc"
>
> Hi Marco,
>
> just tried to reproduce this on some other project which should work. I
> have tried curl from GitHub master.
>
> I have the very same result. I cannot install in $HOME/curl but
> make install DESTDIR="/tmp" successfully ends up in /tmp/home/mosipov/curl.
>
> This is very strange.
>
> Michael
>

why strange ?

the final installation dir is ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}

for if you put
   DESTDIR="/tmp"
   --prefix=$HOME/curl

the result will be in  /tmp$HOME/curl alias /tmp/home/mosipov/curl

On asciidoc there is a mistake and the final dir is
   ${DESTDIR}/${PREFIX}

so if you define only
   --prefix=$HOME/curl
   and not DESTDIR

the final dir should be /$HOME/curl alias //home/mosipov/asciidoc
and cygwin rejects the leading "//" as they have a special meaning.
https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#unc-paths

In that case the trick is
   DESTDIR="/"
  --prefix=$HOME/asciidoc

the result will be in  ///$HOME/asciidoc
  alias ///home/mosipov/asciidoc
  alias /home/mosipov/asciidoc

Regards
Marco








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Re: /usr/bin/install doesn't install files from Makefile

[Andrey Repin]

Greetings, Marco Atzeri!

> why strange ?

> the final installation dir is ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}

> for if you put
>    DESTDIR="/tmp"
>    --prefix=$HOME/curl

> the result will be in  /tmp$HOME/curl alias /tmp/home/mosipov/curl

> On asciidoc there is a mistake and the final dir is
>    ${DESTDIR}/${PREFIX}

It is still the case after nearly five years? O.o
I just digged a mail in my archives that point to the same issue.

> so if you define only
>    --prefix=$HOME/curl
>    and not DESTDIR

> the final dir should be /$HOME/curl alias //home/mosipov/asciidoc
> and cygwin rejects the leading "//" as they have a special meaning.
> https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#unc-paths

> In that case the trick is
>    DESTDIR="/"
>   --prefix=$HOME/asciidoc

> the result will be in  ///$HOME/asciidoc

>   alias ///home/mosipov/asciidoc
>   alias /home/mosipov/asciidoc


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Re: /usr/bin/install doesn't install files from Makefile

[Michael Osipov]

Am 2014-09-23 um 16:11 schrieb Marco Atzeri:
> On 22/09/2014 23:14, Michael Osipov wrote:
>> Am 2014-09-17 um 12:16 schrieb Marco Atzeri:
>>> On 17/09/2014 10:56, Michael Osipov wrote:
>>>> Am 2014-09-16 um 19:59 schrieb Csaba Raduly:
>>>>> Hi Michael,
>>>
>>>
>>>> Unfortunately, it is not:
>>>> ...
>>>> (cd /home/mosipov/asciidoc/bin; ln -sf asciidoc.py asciidoc)
>>>> (cd /home/mosipov/asciidoc/bin; ln -sf a2x.py a2x)
>>>>
>>>
>>> have you thought to look on asciidoc source ?
>>> The install system is very poor, so it is not an issue of make..
>>>
>>> However with
>>>
>>> $ autoreconf -ifv
>>> $ ./configure --prefix=/asciidoc
>>> $ make install DESTDIR="/tmp/foo"
>>>
>>> I was able to install in "/tmp/foo/asciidoc"
>>
>> Hi Marco,
>>
>> just tried to reproduce this on some other project which should work. I
>> have tried curl from GitHub master.
>>
>> I have the very same result. I cannot install in $HOME/curl but
>> make install DESTDIR="/tmp" successfully ends up in
>> /tmp/home/mosipov/curl.
>>
>> This is very strange.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>
> why strange ?

Strange because of:

> the final installation dir is ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}
>
> for if you put
>    DESTDIR="/tmp"
>    --prefix=$HOME/curl
>
> the result will be in  /tmp$HOME/curl alias /tmp/home/mosipov/curl

Install does not work at all, if I do not supply the DESTDIR variable.
Regard where I want to install. That is the point.

Here is the output: http://pastebin.com/RQbAnz6e


> On asciidoc there is a mistake and the final dir is
>    ${DESTDIR}/${PREFIX}
>
> so if you define only
>    --prefix=$HOME/curl
>    and not DESTDIR
>
> the final dir should be /$HOME/curl alias //home/mosipov/asciidoc
> and cygwin rejects the leading "//" as they have a special meaning.
> https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#unc-paths
>
> In that case the trick is
>    DESTDIR="/"
>   --prefix=$HOME/asciidoc
>
> the result will be in  ///$HOME/asciidoc
>   alias ///home/mosipov/asciidoc
>   alias /home/mosipov/asciidoc

That is nice. asciidoc is broken here. I will open up an issue on GitHub.

Michael


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Re: Re: /usr/bin/install doesn't install files from Makefile

[Michael Osipov]

> On 14/09/2014 13:16, Michael Osipov wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to install an application which autoconf. While configure
> > and make run fine, make install does it's job but no files and
> > directories are created at the end. As if no action has happened.
> >
> > I am building asciidoc-8.6.9 from source. I am on Windows XP SP3.
> >
> > How can I figure out why install is silently failing?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Michael
> 
> Is eventually installing in /usr/local ?

It is indeed. I have also changed --prefix=$HOME/asciidoc. No avail also.

Michael

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Re: /usr/bin/install doesn't install files from Makefile

[Marco Atzeri]

On 14/09/2014 19:28, Michael Osipov wrote:
>> On 14/09/2014 13:16, Michael Osipov wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am trying to install an application which autoconf. While configure
>>> and make run fine, make install does it's job but no files and
>>> directories are created at the end. As if no action has happened.
>>>
>>> I am building asciidoc-8.6.9 from source. I am on Windows XP SP3.
>>>
>>> How can I figure out why install is silently failing?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Michael
>>
>> Is eventually installing in /usr/local ?
>
> It is indeed. I have also changed --prefix=$HOME/asciidoc. No avail also.

that should work at configure step

look on config.log for  "prefix= .." setting


> Michael

MArco


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Re: /usr/bin/install doesn't install files from Makefile

[Michael Osipov]

Am 2014-09-14 um 21:16 schrieb Marco Atzeri:
>
>
> On 14/09/2014 19:28, Michael Osipov wrote:
>>> On 14/09/2014 13:16, Michael Osipov wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to install an application which autoconf. While configure
>>>> and make run fine, make install does it's job but no files and
>>>> directories are created at the end. As if no action has happened.
>>>>
>>>> I am building asciidoc-8.6.9 from source. I am on Windows XP SP3.
>>>>
>>>> How can I figure out why install is silently failing?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Michael
>>>
>>> Is eventually installing in /usr/local ?
>>
>> It is indeed. I have also changed --prefix=$HOME/asciidoc. No avail also.
>
> that should work at configure step
>
> look on config.log for  "prefix= .." setting

That is the content of config.log:

prefix='/home/mosipov/asciidoc'

but it makes no difference. Nothing is installed again.


Michael

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