[fpc-devel] make install/make zipinstall .svn problem (windows)

[Florian Klaempfl]

DSTRODT at aol.com wrote:

>     From: marcov at stack.nl (Marco van de Voort)
> 
>     >> When I try to run make install or make zipinstall from my fpc svn
>     repository >>directory, I get the errors copied&pasted below. It
>     seems somehow the .svn dirs >>were copied, and this causes porblems
>     later on with the readonly files that are >>in the .svn directory.
>     (The permission denied error seems to be caused by >>the mentioned
>     files being readonly.)
>     >>
>     >> I'm running Win XP and the fpc that is in the PATH is 2.0.0.
>     >>
>     >> Is it possible to fix the makefiles somehow to circumvent this
>     problem?
> 
>     >This is a known problem, and considered a non-fix because Peter is
>     working
>     >on a replacement system for the makefile system.  I workaround it
>     by always
>     >SVN exporting before building.
> 
>     >I haven't tried, but a global "attrib -r /s" in the source dir before
>     >installing might help also.
> 
> The attrib approach does work, although this sort of defeats the
> purpose/intent of the svn design. I do have a patch which fixes this in
> the current makefile system. I have not pursued offering it since I knew
> the entire process was being revised. I would be happy to provide it.
> In  and of itself, it is not particularly large although it does require
> that all makefiles be re-generated. If you would like it, please contact
> me off-list to discuss how you would like me to package it.

Send a diff against current svn, regenerating all makefiles is easy and
no problem.

>  
> Dave
> 
> 
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