R devel - Apr 2009 - R build fails during make when configured with "--with-x=no" (PR#13666)

jeet at ku.edu wrote:
>=20
> If R is configured using the "--with=3Dx=3Dno" option, then the
make fails with the
> following error:
,,,,
> make[1]: *** [R] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory
`/home/jeet/Scratch/r-build/on-frontend/R-2.9.0/src'
> make: *** [R] Error 1
>=20
> The problem appears to be with the "src/modules/Makefile".
Specfically, lines
> 26-29:
>=20
> 	@for d in "$(R_MODULES)"; do \
> 	  (cd $${d} && $(MAKE) $@) || exit 1; \
> 	done
>=20
> Here, R_MODULES is blank, resulting in the "cd" command
transferring to the
> user's home directory, where, of course, no Makefile is found resulting
in the
> error above.
(Even more "fun" would ensue if in fact there were a Makefile
there...)

> Work-around appears to be to simply disable loop if R_MODULES is empty.
Shell script and Make portability is a pain in the derriere, but
offhand, those double quotes just look wrong:

viggo:~/>for i in "" ; do echo $i; done

viggo:~/>for i in  ; do echo $i; done
viggo:~/>for i in "foo bar" ; do echo $i; done
foo bar
viggo:~/>for i in foo bar ; do echo $i; done
foo
bar

Notice that the versions with quotes invariably do the Wrong Thing....


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