[ovs-discuss] Makefile.main:14: *** unterminated call to function `foreach': missing `)'. Stop.

[Ben Pfaff]

OK.  Then can you post the actual contents of Makefile.main?  In
particular there will be a bunch of variables at the top (export
<varname> = <value>) whose values I am interested in.

"Nick Couchman" <Nick.Couchman at seakr.com> writes:

> I still experience the same error, even when everything is on a single line.
>
>
> -Nick
>
>>>> On 2009/08/31 at 14:22, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
>
> "Nick Couchman" <Nick.Couchman at seakr.com> writes:
>
>> I've double-checked the Makefile.main file, and the lines seem to be okay:
>>
>>
>> $(foreach s,$(sort $(foreach m,$(build_modules),$($(m)_sources))), \
>>
>>   $(eval $(notdir $(s)): ; ln -s $(srcdir)/../$(s) $@))
>>
>>
>> Any hints on why this is happening?
>
> If I recall correctly, some versions of GNU make have bugs in
> this area.  Would you mind deleting the \ and the new-line
> following it, so that this becomes a single long line:
>
> $(foreach s,$(sort $(foreach m,$(build_modules),$($(m)_sources))), $(eval $
> (notdir $(s)): ; ln -s $(srcdir)/../$(s) $@))
>
> If that fixes the problem, I'll check in a fix that doesn't split
> that line.
>
> Here's where I've encountered this bug before, for what it's worth:
> http://repo.or.cz/w/pintos.git?a=blob;f=src/tests/filesys/extended/Make.tests;
> hb=572262ad11afd0ce954fb86e555e8ab50ce53761
>
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