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

[Nick Couchman]

SLES10 SP 2.  Make is version 3.80. 

-Nick

>>> On 2009/08/31 at 14:32, Martin Casado <casado at nicira.com> wrote:


I'd also be interested to know what distro and make version you're using.


> 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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