Re: FYI: make python install directory

[Michael Snyder <msnyder at vmware dot com>]

Michael Snyder wrote:
> Tom Tromey wrote:
> > I'm checking this in on the trunk and the 7.2 branch.
> >
> > PR 11900 says that gdb's breaks help with Python 2.4.
> > This happens because the gdb module's __path__ points to a directory
> > which does not exist.
> >
> > This patch fixes the problem by arranging to make the appropriate
> > directory at install time.
> >
> > Joel, I'm afraid your patches in this area will need a small update.
> > Or you can just back this out when those go in -- it doesn't matter at
> > all to me.  I went with this very minimal patch just because it seems
> > important to fix for 7.2.
>
> This seems to generate a new build error for me:
>
>      mkdir cannot create /usr/share/gdb  Permission denied

Err, with more context:


 /bin/sh ./../mkinstalldirs 
/build/mts/release/bora-289896/rhel52-64/gdb-7.1.90/buildroot/rpmtmp/TMP/gdb-root/usr/share
 cats=""; for cat in $cats; do \
 	  lang=`basename $cat | sed 's/\.gmo$//'`; \
 	  if [ -f $cat ]; then :; \
 	  elif [ -f ./$cat ]; then cat=./$cat; \
 	  else continue; \
 	  fi; \
 	  dir=/usr/share/locale/$lang/LC_MESSAGES; \
 	  echo /bin/sh ./../mkinstalldirs 
/build/mts/release/bora-289896/rhel52-64/gdb-7.1.90/buildroot/rpmtmp/TMP/gdb-root$dir; 
\
 	  /bin/sh ./../mkinstalldirs 
/build/mts/release/bora-289896/rhel52-64/gdb-7.1.90/buildroot/rpmtmp/TMP/gdb-root$dir 
|| exit 1; \
 	  echo /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 $cat 
/build/mts/release/bora-289896/rhel52-64/gdb-7.1.90/buildroot/rpmtmp/TMP/gdb-root$dir/gdb.mo; 
\
 	  /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 $cat 
/build/mts/release/bora-289896/rhel52-64/gdb-7.1.90/buildroot/rpmtmp/TMP/gdb-root$dir/gdb.mo; 
\
 	done
 transformed_name=`t='s&^&&'; \
 			  echo gdbtui | sed -e "$t"` ; \
 		if test "x$transformed_name" = x; then \
 		  transformed_name=gdbtui ; \
 		else \
 		  true ; \
 		fi ; \
 		/bin/sh ./../mkinstalldirs 
/build/mts/release/bora-289896/rhel52-64/gdb-7.1.90/buildroot/rpmtmp/TMP/gdb-root/usr/bin 
; \
 		/usr/bin/install -c gdbtui \
 		 
/build/mts/release/bora-289896/rhel52-64/gdb-7.1.90/buildroot/rpmtmp/TMP/gdb-root/usr/bin/$transformed_name 
; \
 		/bin/sh ./../mkinstalldirs \
 		 
/build/mts/release/bora-289896/rhel52-64/gdb-7.1.90/buildroot/rpmtmp/TMP/gdb-root/usr/share/man/man1 
; \
 		/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./gdb.1 \
 		 
/build/mts/release/bora-289896/rhel52-64/gdb-7.1.90/buildroot/rpmtmp/TMP/gdb-root/usr/share/man/man1/$transformed_name.1
 mkdir -p -- 
/build/mts/release/bora-289896/rhel52-64/gdb-7.1.90/buildroot/rpmtmp/TMP/gdb-root/usr/bin
 mkdir -p -- 
/build/mts/release/bora-289896/rhel52-64/gdb-7.1.90/buildroot/rpmtmp/TMP/gdb-root/usr/share/man/man1
 /bin/sh ./../mkinstalldirs /usr/share/gdb/python/gdb
 mkdir -p -- /usr/share/gdb/python/gdb
 mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/share/gdb': Permission denied
 make[3]: *** [install-python] Error 1
 make[3]: Leaving directory 
`/build/mts/release/bora-289896/rhel52-64/gdb-7.1.90/buildroot/rpmtmp/BUILD/gdb-7.1.90.20100802/gdb'
 make[2]: *** [install-gdb] Error 2
 make[2]: Leaving directory 
`/build/mts/release/bora-289896/rhel52-64/gdb-7.1.90/buildroot/rpmtmp/BUILD/gdb-7.1.90.20100802'
 make[1]: *** [install] Error 2
 make[1]: Leaving directory 
`/build/mts/release/bora-289896/rhel52-64/gdb-7.1.90/buildroot/rpmtmp/BUILD/gdb-7.1.90.20100802'
 error: Bad exit status from 
/build/mts/release/bora-289896/rhel52-64/gdb-7.1.90/buildroot/rpmtmp/TMP/rpm-tmp.3052 
(%install)


 RPM build errors:
     Bad exit status from 
/build/mts/release/bora-289896/rhel52-64/gdb-7.1.90/buildroot/rpmtmp/TMP/rpm-tmp.3052 
(%install)