Date:	Sun, 21 May 2000 21:54:36 +0530 (IST)
From:	Prashant TR <prashant_tr AT yahoo DOT com>
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To:	Jason Green <news AT jgreen4 DOT fsnet DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject:	Re: MESA3D compiling problem
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On Sun, 21 May 2000, Jason Green wrote:

> Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:
> 
> > > There was a problem in the way one of the scripts built the directory
> > > structure.  This is an incompatibilty with the DJGPP /dev/env/DJDIR
> > > feature.
> > 
> > Please tell more details about this problem.
> 
> The makefile installs the libraries and headers to the djgpp tree.  It
> knows which directories to install to (presumably from the configure
> script).  It creates the directories if they do not exist.  
> 
> mkdir is no good for this because it requires top level directories to
> already be in place before creating the subdirectory, and that is not
> guaranteed, so a script is used to create the hierarchy.  For example
> to create /foo/bar/baz, the script effectively executes: mkdir /foo;
> mkdir /foo/bar; mkdir /foo/bar/baz.
> 
> The directory c:/djgpp/include/gl is required.  This is actually known
> to the makefile as /dev/env/DJDIR/include/gl.  The directory does not
> yet exist so the script is called.  Because /dev is not found as a
> directory, the script creates it and from this point on it is doomed.

Generally, the installation directory is known to the Makefile as
${DJDIR}/include/gl. Maybe there's a problem with the way you edited the
configure script (if you did).

Prashant

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