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Re: [LUG] make dist gettext problems.

 

On Monday 29 August 2005 8:57 pm, Grant Sewell wrote:
> > done
> > cp: `./ChangeLog' and `../qof-0.6.0/po/ChangeLog' are the same file
> > cp: `./Makefile.in.in' and `../qof-0.6.0/po/Makefile.in.in' are the same
> > file cp: `./POTFILES.in' and `../qof-0.6.0/po/POTFILES.in' are the same
> > file cp: `./Makevars' and `../qof-0.6.0/po/Makevars' are the same file
> > make[1]: *** [distdir] Error 1
> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/working/qof/po'
> > make: *** [distdir] Error 1
> >
> > The files really do appear the same - deleting one allows the copy to
> > take place but the next make dist breaks it again.
> > But they really are the same file, and not a symlink either:
> >
>
> Are they *actually* the same file?  A hardlink perhaps, or just two
> completely identical files?

Identical files would have a different INODE and could be copied in place 
easily. (Copy the same file to a new directory and then copy it over itself 
again and again - an identical file is not an error.)

No, these are hard links, created by the build process. The problem is WHY 
there is an existing file in the way.

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