pb building base

[Fred Klein]

Hi

I am trying to install GnuStep Core on msys/mingw/w2k.
I succeeded in building gnuStepMake:
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$ gcc -v
[...]
gcc version 3.2.3 (mingw special 20030504-1)

$ make -v
GNU Make version 3.79.1, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath.
Built for mingw32
[...]
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but I am now stuck in making GnuStep Base.
Look at the last line of the first log extract below: make is trying
to invoke mkinstalldirs by providing an absolue path:
C:msys1.0GNUstepSystem/Makefiles/mkinstalldirs
As you can see, slashes are missing in the first half of it.
When looking at the debug log extract, you can see that make is
calling CreateProcess with an argument containing mixed slashes
(forward and back slashes).
I could not figure out from the make files or rules if a variable was
not set correctly.
What I am thinking, is that some part of my system (msys, mingw, make)
was not built correctly (or has a bug?) and is generating such
CreateProcess mixed-slashes commands erroneously.
FYI: msys/mingw, make and gcc are binaries I downloaded.

Any help much appreciated.
Cheers, Fred

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$ make
rm -rf Headers/Foundation
mkdir Headers/Foundation
cp -f Headers/gnustep/base/*.h Headers/Foundation
Making all in Source...
c:\mingw\bin\make.exe[1]: Entering directory
`C:/msys/1.0/home/frederic.klein/gnustep-base-1.6.0/Source'
Making all in subprojects of library libgnustep-base...
c:\mingw\bin\make.exe[2]: Entering directory
`C:/msys/1.0/home/frederic.klein/gnustep-base-1.6.0/Source/Additions'
Making all for subproject Additions...
/usr/bin/sh: C:msys1.0GNUstepSystem/Makefiles/mkinstalldirs: No such
file or directory
[...]
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$ make -d
[...]
Updating goal targets....
Considering target file `internal-subproject-all'.
 File `internal-subproject-all' does not exist.
  Considering target file `before-Additions-all'.
   File `before-Additions-all' does not exist.
   Finished prerequisites of target file `before-Additions-all'.
  Target `before-Additions-all' is double-colon and has no
prerequisites.
  Must remake target `before-Additions-all'.
  Successfully remade target file `before-Additions-all'.
  Considering target file `internal-subproject-all_'.
   File `internal-subproject-all_' does not exist.
    Considering target file `shared_obj/ix86/mingw32/gnu-gnu-gnu'.
     File `shared_obj/ix86/mingw32/gnu-gnu-gnu' does not exist.
     Finished prerequisites of target file
`shared_obj/ix86/mingw32/gnu-gnu-gnu'.
    Must remake target `shared_obj/ix86/mingw32/gnu-gnu-gnu'.
CreateProcess(C:\msys\1.0\bin\sh.exe,C:/msys/1.0/bin/sh.exe -c
"(C:\msys\1.0\GNUstep\System/Makefiles/mkinstalldirs
./shared_obj/ix86/mingw32/gnu-gnu-gnu;  rm -f obj;  ln -s
./shared_obj/ix86/mingw32/gnu-gnu-gnu obj)",...)
[...]
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