Stumped, scripts are self aware?

ProtoformX · 09-28-2008, 01:46 PM

Hey guys! I was doing some recompiling and such and am using my own build scripts, the thing is these build scripts have a mind of there own, I can copy a file inside bas as normal, but if i do it in the build script it tells me it can't find the file in a directory it shouldn't be in in the first place, it's like it just doesn't want to do it.

Below is my buildscript, maybe someone can point out what i am doing so wrong. (Note: my slack-desc are desc files, I patched pkgtool). Everything works accept copying over the desc file, it tells me it can't find it in $PRG-$VERSION, even though that is not the current working directory!. It doesn't matter if I try to copy the file at the beginning of the script or later on in the script, it just refuses to do it. it's like it's almost making an excuse up.

Code:

#!/bin/sh
 
CWD=`pwd`
TMP=/tmp

if [ ! -d $TMP ] ; then
  mkdir -pv $TMP
fi

. build_flags
PRG=binutils
VERSION=2.18
ARCH=i686
BUILD=1
PKG=$TMP/pkg-$PRG-$VERSION
rm -rf {$TMP/$PRG-$VERSION,$PKG} 

cd $TMP
tar -xjvf $CWD/$PRG-$VERSION.tar.bz2 
cd $PRG-$VERSION
patch -Np1 -i $CWD/binutils-2.18-configure-1.patch
mkdir -v ../binutils-build
cd ../binutils-build
../binutils-2.18/configure --prefix=/usr \
    --enable-shared
make
make check 2> error.log
make install DESTDIR=$PKG
cp -v ../binutils-2.18/include/libiberty.h $PKG/usr/include

### Compress the man pages and info then put them in there correct place. 
gzip -9 $PKG/usr/man/man*/*
gzip -9 $PKG/usr/info/*
mv -v $PKG/usr/info $PKG/usr/share/info 
mv -v $PKG/usr/man $PKG/usr/share/man

### Copy the description over and build the package.
cat $CWD/desc > $PKG/install/desc
chown -R root.root $PKG/install/*
cd $PKG
/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $TMP/$PRG-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD.tgz

gnashley · 09-28-2008, 02:11 PM

You need to create the dir first:

Code:

mkdir -p $PKG/install
cat $CWD/desc > $PKG/install/desc

You should make a habit of creating dirs you are going to use. An extra line or two of code doesn't hurt.
I have another suggestion -you should probably avoid this construction:
$PRG-$VERSION
Instead use:
$PRG_$VERSION
You'll need to change this usage:
tar -xjvf $CWD/$PRG-$VERSION.tar.bz2
so that it uses something like:
tar -xjvf $CWD/$TARBALL-NAME.tar.bz2

Using the '-' as a separator between two variables is going to cause some funny problems later which are hard to spot.
If I remember correctly, installpkg and makepkg will already handle 'desc' files. This is hold-over legacy from the earliest versions.

ProtoformX · 09-28-2008, 03:55 PM

Thanks for the tips, it was indeed the install directory that was the problem, for some reason i was sure I didn't have to create the directory first, but it seems in fact that is just the case, I have to make the directory first! DOH!

But what is intristing is the error it gives you, is has nothing to do with the problem.
It's kinda liek the older quick basic if do try to do what is in this code it will say DO without LOOP

DO until blah
for x = blah to blah
for y = blah to blah
do something important
next y
LOOP

This won't tell you whats wrong it will just say DO without LOOP

gnashley · 09-29-2008, 02:13 AM

The error goes something like 'no such file or directory' -it's reporting that there is no 'install' dir.