The basic problem is that "make distcheck" fails. I believe I can see
why, though I am not certain.
The .texi.info implicit make rule creates a backup directory within
the source directory. However, the implementation of "make distcheck"
unpacks the source distribution and then makes the directories
read-only before performing the build. Since you cannot create a
subdirectory in a read-only directory, "make installcheck" always
fails at the point it tries to build the info file. Here is the
transcript:
chmod -R a-w CSSC-1.0.2-CVS; chmod a+w CSSC-1.0.2-CVS
mkdir CSSC-1.0.2-CVS/_build
mkdir CSSC-1.0.2-CVS/_inst
chmod a-w CSSC-1.0.2-CVS
dc_install_base=`CDPATH="${ZSH_VERSION+.}:" && cd CSSC-1.0.2-CVS/_inst && pwd | sed -e 's,^[^:\\/]:[\\/],/,'` \
&& dc_destdir="${TMPDIR-/tmp}/am-dc-$$/" \
&& cd CSSC-1.0.2-CVS/_build \
&& ../configure --srcdir=.. --prefix="$dc_install_base" \
\
&& make \
&& make dvi \
&& make check \
&& make install \
&& make installcheck \
&& make uninstall \
&& make distuninstallcheck_dir="$dc_install_base" \
distuninstallcheck \
&& chmod -R a-w "$dc_install_base" \
&& ({ \
(cd ../.. && umask 077 && mkdir "$dc_destdir") \
&& make DESTDIR="$dc_destdir" install \
&& make DESTDIR="$dc_destdir" uninstall \
&& make DESTDIR="$dc_destdir" \
distuninstallcheck_dir="$dc_destdir" distuninstallcheck; \
} || { rm -rf "$dc_destdir"; exit 1; }) \
&& rm -rf "$dc_destdir" \
&& make dist \
&& rm -rf CSSC-1.0.2-CVS.tar.gz \
&& make distcleancheck
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=== configuring in testutils (/home/james/source/GNU/CSSC/git/synced-repo/compile/CSSC-1.0.2-CVS/_build/testutils)
configure: running /bin/sh ../../testutils/configure '--prefix=/home/james/source/GNU/CSSC/git/synced-repo/compile/CSSC-1.0.2-CVS/_inst' --cache-file=/dev/null --srcdir=../../testutils
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=== configuring in testutils (/home/james/source/GNU/CSSC/git/synced-repo/compile/CSSC-1.0.2-CVS/_build/testutils)
configure: running /bin/sh ../../testutils/configure '--prefix=/home/james/source/GNU/CSSC/git/synced-repo/compile/CSSC-1.0.2-CVS/_inst' --cache-file=/dev/null --srcdir=../../testutils
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checking for gcc... gcc
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checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
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checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
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make[1]: Entering directory `/home/james/source/GNU/CSSC/git/synced-repo/compile/CSSC-1.0.2-CVS/_build'
make all-recursive
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/james/source/GNU/CSSC/git/synced-repo/compile/CSSC-1.0.2-CVS/_build'
Making all in bsd
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/james/source/GNU/CSSC/git/synced-repo/compile/CSSC-1.0.2-CVS/_build/bsd'
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -I../../bsd "-DPREFIX=\"/home/james/source/GNU/CSSC/git/synced-repo/compile/CSSC-1.0.2-CVS/_inst/libexec/cssc/\"" -g -O2 -MT sccs.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/sccs.Tpo -c -o sccs.o ../../bsd/sccs.c
mv -f .deps/sccs.Tpo .deps/sccs.Po
gcc -g -O2 -o sccs sccs.o
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/james/source/GNU/CSSC/git/synced-repo/compile/CSSC-1.0.2-CVS/_build/bsd'
Making all in docs
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/james/source/GNU/CSSC/git/synced-repo/compile/CSSC-1.0.2-CVS/_build/docs'
restore=: && backupdir=".am$$" && \
am__cwd=`pwd` && cd ../../docs && \
rm -rf $backupdir && mkdir $backupdir && \
if (/bin/sh /home/james/source/GNU/CSSC/git/synced-repo/compile/CSSC-1.0.2-CVS/missing --run makeinfo --version) >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
for f in ../../docs/cssc.info ../../docs/cssc.info-[0-9] ../../docs/cssc.info-[0-9][0-9] ../../docs/cssc.i[0-9] ../../docs/cssc.i[0-9][0-9]; do \
if test -f $f; then mv $f $backupdir; restore=mv; else :; fi; \
done; \
else :; fi && \
cd "$am__cwd"; \
if /bin/sh /home/james/source/GNU/CSSC/git/synced-repo/compile/CSSC-1.0.2-CVS/missing --run makeinfo -I ../../docs \
-o ../../docs/cssc.info ../../docs/cssc.texi; \
then \
rc=0; \
cd ../../docs; \
else \
rc=$?; \
cd ../../docs && \
$restore $backupdir/* `echo "./../../docs/cssc.info" | sed 's|[^/]*$||'`; \
fi; \
rm -rf $backupdir; exit $rc
mkdir: cannot create directory `.am12636': Permission denied
../../docs/cssc.texi: No such file or directory
make[3]: *** [../../docs/cssc.info] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/james/source/GNU/CSSC/git/synced-repo/compile/CSSC-1.0.2-CVS/_build/docs'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/james/source/GNU/CSSC/git/synced-repo/compile/CSSC-1.0.2-CVS/_build'
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/james/source/GNU/CSSC/git/synced-repo/compile/CSSC-1.0.2-CVS/_build'
make: *** [distcheck] Error 2
orbital:compile$ cat > _x
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/james/source/GNU/CSSC/git/synced-repo/compile/CSSC-1.0.2-CVS/_build/docs'
restore=: && backupdir=".am$$" && \
am__cwd=`pwd` && cd ../../docs && \
rm -rf $backupdir && mkdir $backupdir && \
if (/bin/sh /home/james/source/GNU/CSSC/git/synced-repo/compile/CSSC-1.0.2-CVS/missing --run makeinfo --version) >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
for f in ../../docs/cssc.info ../../docs/cssc.info-[0-9] ../../docs/cssc.info-[0-9][0-9] ../../docs/cssc.i[0-9] ../../docs/cssc.i[0-9][0-9]; do \
if test -f $f; then mv $f $backupdir; restore=mv; else :; fi; \
done; \
else :; fi && \
cd "$am__cwd"; \
if /bin/sh /home/james/source/GNU/CSSC/git/synced-repo/compile/CSSC-1.0.2-CVS/missing --run makeinfo -I ../../docs \
-o ../../docs/cssc.info ../../docs/cssc.texi; \
then \
rc=0; \
cd ../../docs; \
else \
rc=$?; \
cd ../../docs && \
$restore $backupdir/* `echo "./../../docs/cssc.info" | sed 's|[^/]*$||'`; \
fi; \
rm -rf $backupdir; exit $rc
mkdir: cannot create directory `.am12636': Permission denied
../../docs/cssc.texi: No such file or directory
make[3]: *** [../../docs/cssc.info] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/james/source/GNU/CSSC/git/synced-repo/compile/CSSC-1.0.2-CVS/_build/docs'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
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make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/james/source/GNU/CSSC/git/synced-repo/compile/CSSC-1.0.2-CVS/_build'
make: *** [distcheck] Error 2