Re: Bug in make setting wrong MAKESYSPATH

On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 1:54 AM, Thomas Mueller <mueller6722_at_twc.com> wrote:
> I tried building ports, starting with ports-mgmt/synth, on HEAD (12-current) and ran into difficulties with syntax error in bsd.compiler.mk .
>
> With PORTSDIR on another partition, mounted as /BETA1, I got these errors, but not when I null-mounted /BETA1/usr/ports as /usr/ports.
>
> I shouldn't have to resort to this kludge, didn't have to in the recent past.
>
> This bug shows in both 11.0-STABLE and 12.0-CURRENT.
>
> I looked into "man make" and found that make got the wrong path for MAKESYSPATH, setting to /BETA1/usr/share/mk instead of what it should be, /usr/share/mk .
>
> Going into /BETA1/usr/ports/archivers/zip (for a short and simple example),
> make all-depends-list   produced
>
> sh: Syntax error: ")" unexpected
> make: "/BETA1/usr/share/mk/bsd.compiler.mk" line 52: warning: "echo 4.0.0 4.0.0) | awk -F. '{print $1 * 10000 + $2 * 100 + $3;}'" returned non-zero status
> sh: Syntax error: ")" unexpected
> make[1]: "/BETA1/usr/share/mk/bsd.compiler.mk" line 52: warning: "echo 4.0.0 4.0.0) | awk -F. '{print $1 * 10000 + $2 * 100 + $3;}'" returned non-zero status
> /BETA1/usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg
>
> make -m /usr/share/mk all-depends-list produces
> /BETA1/usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg
>
> This looks like a bug that ought to be fixed, though there is a workaround using "make -m /usr/share/mk ..." every time, or presumably, setting
> MAKESYSPATH=/usr/share/mk
> in the environment.
>
> Should I file a bug report?
>
> I could get much more verbose outputs when there are more dependencies, such as in /BETA1/usr/ports/ports-mgmt/synth, or more so,
> /BETA1/usr/ports/www/seamonkey
>
> I also noticed that in newer versions of FreeBSD, /usr/share/mk/bsd.compiler.mk has greatly increased in size (not a bug. except when "make" goes to the wrong MAKESYSPATH.
>
> Maybe add in .cshrc and .profile
> MAKESYSPATH=/usr/share/mk
> ?

Hi Tom,

make isn't at fault here as much as there's something else leaking
bsd.compiler.mk into the ports build. That's not supposed to happen.

Are you including any bsd.*.mk or src.*.mk files from /etc/make.conf ,
/etc/src.conf , etc?

Cheers,
-Ngie