Re: 2 problems with 3.3.92

[marco atzeri]

On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 2:52 AM, Rik  wrote:
> marco atzeri wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Rik  wrote:
>>> If this checks out then there may be an issue with your version of GNU Make
>>> and VPATH builds.  For example, when I try a test make of AUTHORS in my
>>> build directory I get
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------
>>> rik:~/downloads/build: make -n AUTHORS
>>> make -C doc/interpreter ../../AUTHORS
>>> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/rik/downloads/build/doc/interpreter'
>>> make[1]: `../../../octave-3.3.92/doc/interpreter/../../AUTHORS' is up to 
>>> date.
>>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/rik/downloads/build/doc/interpreter'
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------
>>>
> Is this after a successful build with AUTHORS in the build directory?  The
> first invocation you quoted showed that AUTHORS needed to be rebuilt, and
> that was causing the problem.  This invocation is showing that AUTHORS is
> up-to-date and no commands will be executed.  It can't be both things.

Rik this is your system.

>
> Here is one test:
> tar xf octave-3.3.92.tar.gz
> mkdir build
> cd build
> ../octave-3.3.92/configure
> make AUTHORS
>
> There is no need to 'make' the rest of Octave to test this.  On my system
> there is no AUTHORS file in the build directory and the make command
> reports that AUTHORS is up to date.
>
> If that works, you could try running the autoreconf step and see if this
> causes the documentation to require re-building.
>
> --Rik

Ok, I will try