freebsd stable - Feb 2005 - strange make problem with non root users 5.3-STABLE

have a look at this compiling a eggdrop had the same with some other
apps as well.

Gazzeh@bollocks eggdrop1.6.17 # make config
make: Permission denied
Gazzeh@bollocks eggdrop1.6.17 # make config
make: Permission denied
Gazzeh@bollocks eggdrop1.6.17 # cd ..
Gazzeh@bollocks Gazzeh # cd eggdrop1.6.17
Gazzeh@bollocks eggdrop1.6.17 # make config
Detecting modules.................... done.
Calculating dependencies................... done.
Building ./src/mod/Makefile... done.

As you can see make gave a weird perm denied error then I simply
changed dir and back and the command suddenly works, I have worked out
when this happens doing a new command and then trying again makes it
work.  Any idea what could cause this?

-r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  305232 Feb  3 19:43 /usr/bin/make

Chris

# chrcoluk@gmail.com / 2005-02-03 22:16:58 +0000:
> have a look at this compiling a eggdrop had the same with some other
> apps as well.
> 
> Gazzeh@bollocks eggdrop1.6.17 # make config
> make: Permission denied
> Gazzeh@bollocks eggdrop1.6.17 # make config
> make: Permission denied
> Gazzeh@bollocks eggdrop1.6.17 # cd ..
> Gazzeh@bollocks Gazzeh # cd eggdrop1.6.17
> Gazzeh@bollocks eggdrop1.6.17 # make config
> Detecting modules.................... done.
> Calculating dependencies................... done.
> Building ./src/mod/Makefile... done.
    You are misuising the system. What's your $PWD in the dir where
    you run make config? It should be /usr/ports/<category>/<port>/,
    *not* /usr/ports/<category>/<port>/work/<whatever>/!

    Oh, and BTW, the error message you got was most probably caused
    by your $PWD being in a directory that has been rm'd from under
    your feet and then recreated.

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