Re: really weird build problem on MacOSX/Tiger 10.4.11

[Jim Meyering]

address@hidden wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:38:48 -0500 Jim Meyering <address@hidden>
> wrote:
>>> I'm attaching a shortened make warning showing a problem with ID
> vs
>>> id under the src subdir, along with an ls listing of that same
>>> subdir.  We're unable to get the final linked exe for id created
>>> there.  The HFS+ build volume is "case sensitive", as is the boot
>>
>>Thanks for the report.  However, ...
>>
>>You are using a case-INsensitive file system.
>>Because of that, the default rule generated by automake
>>for ID (created by mkid) is conflicting with coreutils'
>>rule for "id" the program.
>>
>>I suggest you build using a case sensitive file system.
>>[...]
>
> Thank you for replying.
>
> I filed https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?23647 to keep track of this
> problem.

And you're welcome to add a link to the mailing list thread, e.g.,
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.coreutils.bugs/13842

> I wonder why you did not finish the *rest* of the quoted material
> you snipped above:

Because it was at odds with your report of "ID" conflicting with "id".

>>>  The HFS+ build volume is “case sensitive”, as is the boot
> volume (where we’ll install everything).  <<
...

Since no one else has reported this problem, you should
consider whether you have done something unusual.

If you're using Gnu make, perhaps it was built
with the --enable-case-insensitive-file-system option.
That would explain the behavior you report.