Bug 269372 – x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r6 install fails with sys-apps/coreutils-7.2+ and sys-devel/automake-1.10b

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description SpanKY 2009-05-11 08:35:37 UTC]

newer coreutils will barf on purpose if you specify the same file multiple times with `install`.  as such, xorg-server dies:

test -z "/usr/include/xorg" || /bin/mkdir -p "/var/tmp/portage/x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r6/image//usr/include/xorg"
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 compiler.h fourcc.h xf86.h xf86Module.h xf86Opt.h xf86PciInfo.h xf86Priv.h xf86Privstr.h xf86Resources.h xf86cmap.h xf86fbman.h xf86str.h xf86Xinput.h xisb.h xf86xv.h xf86xvmc.h atKeynames.h xf86Version.h xorgVersion.h xf86sbusBus.h xf86xv.h xf86xvmc.h xf86xvpriv.h '/var/tmp/portage/x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r6/image//usr/include/xorg'
/usr/bin/install: will not overwrite just-created `/var/tmp/portage/x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r6/image//usr/include/xorg/xf86xv.h' with `xf86xv.h'
/usr/bin/install: will not overwrite just-created `/var/tmp/portage/x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r6/image//usr/include/xorg/xf86xvmc.h' with `xf86xvmc.h'

[Comment 1 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) 2009-05-11 12:04:31 UTC]

I can't reproduce with coreutils 7.4. Are you doing something weird/special with coreutils?

Thanks

[Comment 2 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) 2009-05-11 12:38:13 UTC]

Could you attach your full build.log? Because the same section of my build log shows that each header is installed using its own "install" call, while yours seems to "pack" all headers within a same dir into one "install" call...

Thanks

[Comment 3 SpanKY 2009-05-11 16:30:24 UTC]

it's probably a feature of using autoconf-2.63b (which i am)

basically one of the Makefile.am incorrectly lists the file multiple times in the relevant variable

[Comment 4 SpanKY 2009-05-11 16:32:04 UTC]

err, automake-1.10b ... but you probably want both installed at the same time

[Comment 5 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) 2009-06-19 14:02:52 UTC]

@Mike,

any updates on this?

Thanks

[Comment 6 SpanKY 2009-06-19 21:16:04 UTC]

sorry, but what exactly are you expecting from me ?  ive pointed out the problem in the xorg build system ...

[Comment 7 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) 2009-06-19 21:23:58 UTC]

1) no, I can't reproduce and I have the versions you mentioned, both on ~x86 and ~amd64

2) can you still reproduce with xorg-server 1.6?

Thanks

[Comment 8 SpanKY 2009-06-19 23:25:16 UTC]

looking the relevant Makefile.am seems pretty clear to me

hw/xfree86/common/Makefile.am:
...
if XV
...
XVSDKINCS = xf86xv.h xf86xvmc.h
endif
...
sdk_HEADERS = ... $(XVSDKINCS) ... xf86xv.h xf86xvmc.h ...
...

that sdk_HEADERS setting is wrong

[Comment 9 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) 2009-06-20 07:38:16 UTC]

Thanks for the pointer. But could you at least tell me how I can reproduce the bug so I can fix other bugs as well (I'm pretty sure this won't be the only place where files are installed twice).

Thanks

[Comment 10 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) 2009-07-03 09:34:35 UTC]

Turns out I was right, it wasn't the only place that needed a change. I would have liked being able to reproduce it myself...

[Comment 11 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) 2009-07-08 12:29:21 UTC]

Patch is in xorg-server master and 1.6.2.

Thanks

[Comment 12 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) 2009-07-15 12:47:51 UTC]

*** Bug 277691 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***