[LLVMdev] Install fails due to missing 'pax' tool

[Reid Spencer]

On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 04:18, Vladimir Prus wrote:
> Hello,
> I've just tries make && make install on a fresh CVS tree, and get:
> 
>    llvm[0]: Installing include files
>    /bin/sh: line 1: pax: command not found
> 
This is a known issue. We plan to make the makefiles not depend on pax.

> Two questions.
> 
> 1. Why install process requires some nonstandard tool? Is it possible to get 
> away without it.

Yes, it is.

> 
> 2. autoconf/configure.ac has this:
> 
>    AC_PATH_PROG(PAX,  [pax],  [pax])
> 
> but Makefile.rules uses plain 'pax', not $(PAX). Why autoconf test is needed, 
> then?

Historical reasons and incomplete implementation.

> 
> - Volodya
> 
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