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

[Reid Spencer]

Despite previous advertising, you want version 1.300 of Makefile.rules.
The previous version had a bug in it for installing config files (llvmc)

Reid.

On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 08:14, Reid Spencer wrote:
> Vladimir,
> 
> I believe I've corrected this situation with version 1.299 of
> Makefile.rules. It now only uses find and install to do the installation
> of the header files. pax isn't used any more. Hopefully this helps you.
> 
> Reid.
> 
> 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
> > 
> > Two questions.
> > 
> > 1. Why install process requires some nonstandard tool? Is it possible to get 
> > away without it.
> > 
> > 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?
> > 
> > - Volodya
> > 
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