Am Sa., 15. Dez. 2018 um 22:39 Uhr schrieb David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org>: > > Thomas Morley <thomasmorle...@gmail.com> writes: > > > I tried to join the party about GUB. > > So far I have a successful 'make bootstrap' > > > > As a next step the CG says: > > " > > Once this has completed successfully, you can build the LilyPond > > release package. However, this uses an archived version of the > > regression tests, so it is better to download this first. Download the > > test output from lilypond.org (you will need to replace 2.15.33-1 with > > the latest build): > > > > http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/test-output/lilypond-2.15.33-1.test-output.tar.bz2 > > " > > > > Ok, I've done it, for the 2.19.82-regtests. Now the CG recommends: > > " > > Copy the tarball into ‘regtests/’, and tell the build system that you > > have done this: > > > > touch regtests/ignore > > " > > > > ??? > > > > There is no folder in GUB called "regtests", so I've created one and > > inserted the regtest. Trying the next command, i.e.: > > [gub (master) ] $ touch regtests/ignore > > returns: > > touch: cannot touch 'regtests/ignore': no such file or directory > > > > Well, obviously I didn't do things correctly, but what _am_ I supposed to > > do? > > touch just creates the named file as an empty file (if it doesn't exist > yet, otherwise it reads and writes a byte from it in order to update the > modification date). The only way (I am simplifying here since the > symbolic-link related ways are too weird to be relevant here) to have it > clamor "no such file or directory" is when in the _current_ directory > (whatever it may be) there _is_ no directory named "regtests". So > probably your current directory is not what the instructions expect. > > -- > David Kastrup
You're right. I just figured it myself. I had created the regtests-folder in the wrong environment. After correction the above command worked. I now try make lilypond We'll see what happens ... Thanks, Harm _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
