samba - May 2000 - samba-2.0.7 build in separate directory fails

I try to compile samba-2.07 in a separate directory and it fails with :

    Linking bin/smbd
    ld: 0711-934 SEVERE ERROR: Cannot create the output file: bin/smbd
	    ld:open() A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
    collect2: ld returned 12 exit status
    gnumake: *** [bin/smbd] Error 1

because the directory `bin' does not exist in my build directory; the
`bin/.dummy' rule is not enough, because `bin/.dummy' exists in the
source
directory.

I am the only one trying that, or does a fix already exist ?

Philippe

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[Philippe De Muyter <phdm@macqel.be>]
> I try to compile samba-2.07 in a separate directory and it fails with :
> 
>     Linking bin/smbd
>     ld: 0711-934 SEVERE ERROR: Cannot create the output file: bin/smbd
> 	    ld:open() A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
[...]
> I am the only one trying that, or does a fix already exist ?
It's been reported already.  The two ways to fix it would be

  mkdir {build-dir}/bin
  rm -r {source-dir}/source/bin

The second is actually the "correct" fix.

I guess this one wasn't caught before release because most people don't
build outside the source directory.  Why not?  I don't know.  I find
that it makes life so much simpler -- no need for `make clean' before
`diff', for example.

Peter

Re:
> Date:   Wed, 17 May 2000 18:50:48 +0200 (CEST)
> From:   "Philippe De Muyter" <phdm@macqel.be>
> To:     samba@samba.org
> Subject: samba-2.0.7 build in separate directory fails
> 
> I try to compile samba-2.07 in a separate directory and it fails with :
> 
>     Linking bin/smbd
>     ld: 0711-934 SEVERE ERROR: Cannot create the output file: bin/smbd
> 	    ld:open() A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
>     collect2: ld returned 12 exit status
>     gnumake: *** [bin/smbd] Error 1
> 
> because the directory `bin' does not exist in my build directory; the
> `bin/.dummy' rule is not enough, because `bin/.dummy' exists in the
source
> directory.
> 
> I am the only one trying that, or does a fix already exist ?
I also spotted this, and reported it on April 6, during the pre-release
phase of 2.0.7 .  Sadly it seems the report seemed was overlooked. 

My report was as follows:

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# Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 16:10:03 +0100 (BST)
# From: David Lee <dcl0tdl@arachne.dur.ac.uk>
# To: Jeremy Allison <jeremy@valinux.com>
# Subject: Re: Samba 2.0.7pre3 snapshot released.
# Message-ID:
<Pine.GSO.3.95-960729.1000406154445.5080S-100000@arachne.dur.ac.uk>
# 
# On Sat, 1 Apr 2000, Jeremy Allison wrote:
# 
# >         I just released Samba 2.0.7pre3, available from :
# > 
# > ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/alpha/samba-2.0.7pre3.tar.gz
# > 
# > [...]
# > The final things left to do before official 2.0.7 release
# > are :
# > 
# > (1) Fix any reported bugs in this release
# 
# [...]
# 
# 2. The 2.0.7pre* distributions have contained a "source/bin"
directory
# (with a file ".dummy").  But if, like me, you build elsewhere, this
messes
# up the final linking.   Please could it not be distributed?
# 
# Demo + fix:
# 
# 1.  create a subdirectory (we use one per machine-architecture)
# 2.  cd down into that
# 3.  "../configure [... etc. ...]".
# At link-time it gets its VPATH (or similar) confused and gives: 
# 
#    jeeves [sparc.sunos5] 103% make
#    Using FLAGS =  -O -Iinclude -I../include [...]
#    Using FLAGS32 =  -O -Iinclude -I../include [...]
#    Using LIBS = -lsec -lgen -lsocket -lnsl -ldl 
#    Compiling smbd/connection.c
#    Linking bin/smbd
#    ld: fatal: file bin/smbd: cannot open file: No such file or directory
#    make: *** [bin/smbd] Error 1
#    jeeves [sparc.sunos5] 104% 
# 
# Removing the offending distributed "bin" directory fixes the
problem:
# 
#    jeeves [sparc.sunos5] 104% mv ../bin ../bin.diff
#    jeeves [sparc.sunos5] 105% make
#    Using FLAGS =  -O -Iinclude -I../include [...]
#    Using FLAGS32 =  -O -Iinclude -I../include [...]
#    Using LIBS = -lsec -lgen -lsocket -lnsl -ldl 
#    mkdir bin
#    Linking bin/smbd
#    Linking bin/nmbd
#    [... proceeds OK to completion ...]
# 
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