Hi Willem Jan, On 16 Jan., 23:05, Willem Jan Palenstijn <w...@usecode.org> wrote: > > * When "make" fails, it is in SAGE_ROOT/spkg/build/gsl-1.14/src > > > * It complains the .libs/libgsl.lax/lt1-init.o does not exist. > > > * spkg/build/gsl-1.14/src *does* exist, namely it is a link to .libs/ > > libgsl.lax/libgslcheb.a/init.o > > I'm assuming you mean spkg/build/gsl-1.14/src/.libs/libgsl.lax/lt1-init.o here > as the first filename?
Yes. As I said, one is in SAGE_ROOT/spkg/build/gsl-1.14/src when the build process fails (which is apparent by the fact that the next thing in install.log is: Leaving that directory). > It doesn't make sense that lt1-init.o is a softlink. Actually I am not sure whether it is a soft or a hard link. How can I test it? > According to the link > command above, it is trying to make a hardlink: > > ln .libs/libgsl.lax/libgslcheb.a/init.o .libs/libgsl.lax/lt1-init.o Yes, it is like this in the install.log > The syntax for making hardlinks in subdirs is different than that for > making symlinks in subdirs. Do you maybe have 'ln' aliased to 'ln -s'? That > would break it. (And it is also something you should never do.) Well, I would be very surprised if that's what happening. I just checked that my .bashrc does not contain the string "ln ", so, aparently it isn't redefined there. How can I test whether `ln` and `ln -s` are the same? > Doing 'ln -s a/x a/y' makes a/y a symlink to a/a/x, not to a/x. Doing 'ln a/x > a/y' makes a/y a hardlink to a/x. In this case > spkg/build/gsl-1.14/src/.libs/libgsl.lax/lt1-init.o is a symlink to > spkg/build/gsl-1.14/src/.libs/libgsl.lax/.libs/libgsl.lax/libgslcheb.a/init.o As I said, I am not sure whether the link is hard or soft. Is the type of the link apparent in the output of the "ls -l" command that I posted above? Cheers, Simon -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
