I was beating on gawk this morning before work, and I've discovered why it won't compile:
The following command is run (chained through the root Makefile, from debian/rules): /disk1/build-dir/group/Debian/package/gawk/version/1:3.0.6-1/gawk-3.0.6# make -d info datadir=/disk1/build-dir/group/Debian/package/gawk/version/1\:3.0.6-1/gawk-3.0.6/debian/tmp/usr/share/awk libexecdir=/disk1/build-dir/group/Debian/package/gawk/version/1\:3.0.6-1/gawk-3.0.6/debian/tmp/usr/lib/awk prefix=/disk1/build-dir/group/Debian/package/gawk/version/1\:3.0.6-1/gawk-3.0.6/debian/tmp/usr/share exec_prefix=/disk1/build-dir/group/Debian/package/gawk/version/1\:3.0.6-1/gawk-3.0.6/debian/tmp/usr And this causes problems on: install: $(mandir)/gawk$(manext) $(mandir)/igawk$(manext) $(infodir)/gawk.info Because this expands to: install: /disk1/build-dir/group/Debian/package/gawk/version/1:3.0.6-1/gawk-3.0.6/debian/tmp/usr/share/man/man1/gawk.1 /disk1/build-dir/group/Debian/package/gawk/version/1:3.0.6-1/gawk-3.0.6/debian/tmp/usr/share/man/man1/igawk.1 /disk1/build-dir/group/Debian/package/gawk/version/1:3.0.6-1/gawk-3.0.6/debian/tmp/usr/share/info/gawk.info And make can't cope with the :'s in the directory. Who should see this bug? Turtle for creating the directory in the first place? Gawk for using a colon in the version number? Or Make for not coping well with: PWD=`pwd` (This is actually defined in debian/rules, but it's a common construct) Tks, Jeff Bailey
