Re: Errors when trying to bootstrap Stow
James Jong <[email protected]> Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:22:26 -0400
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--f46d043d673f7934a104dae23339 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Thank you Adam. The fix works great. James On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 7:01 PM, Adam Spiers <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi James, > > On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 08:17:47PM -0400, James Jong wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have posted the following question at the Unix StackExchange site (in > > case you prefer to read it there): > > http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/72344/errors-when-using-gnu-stow > > > > I am trying to get started with GNU stow without luck. I have defined > > `STOW_DIR` to point to a personal path: > > > > STOW_DIR=/some/path > > > > I then build a package of my choice from the tarball and install it under > > `STOW_DIR`. In this case, I am building `stow` itself (i.e. I am > > bootstrapping stow itself into stow, which is something that Stow > supports): > > > > ./configure --prefix=$STOW_DIR/stow > > make > > make install prefix=$STOW_DIR/stow > > > > And then I build the symlinks: > > > > cd $STOW_DIR > > ./stow/bin/stow stow > > > > but at this point I get the following error: > > > > > `stow: ERROR: The stow directory ../../../../some/path does not contain > > package stow (No such file or directory)` > > It never rains but it pours ... this sounds remarkably similar to this > issue which was coincidentally reported and fixed in the last 48 > hours: > > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.stow.bugs/8820 > > Does your STOW_DIR involve symlinks? Please read that thread, > see if it applies in your case, and let me know. > > Thanks! > Adam > --f46d043d673f7934a104dae23339 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Thank you Adam. The fix works great.<br><br></div>Jam= es<br><div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div class=3D"gmail_ex= tra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 7:01 PM, Ad= am Spiers <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" targ= et=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi James,<br> <div><div class=3D"h5"><br> On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 08:17:47PM -0400, James Jong wrote:<br> > Hi,<br> ><br> > I have posted the following question at the Unix StackExchange site (i= n<br> > case you prefer to read it there):<br> > <a href=3D"http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/72344/errors-when-u= sing-gnu-stow" target=3D"_blank">http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/72= 344/errors-when-using-gnu-stow</a><br> ><br> > I am trying to get started with GNU stow without luck. I have defined<= br> > `STOW_DIR` to point to a personal path:<br> ><br> > =A0 =A0 STOW_DIR=3D/some/path<br> ><br> > I then build a package of my choice from the tarball and install it un= der<br> > `STOW_DIR`. In this case, I am building `stow` itself (i.e. I am<br> > bootstrapping stow itself into stow, which is something that Stow supp= orts):<br> ><br> > =A0 =A0 ./configure --prefix=3D$STOW_DIR/stow<br> > =A0 =A0 make<br> > =A0 =A0 make install prefix=3D$STOW_DIR/stow<br> ><br> > And then I build the symlinks:<br> ><br> > =A0 =A0 cd $STOW_DIR<br> > =A0 =A0 ./stow/bin/stow stow<br> ><br> > but at this point I get the following error:<br> ><br> > > `stow: ERROR: The stow directory ../../../../some/path does not c= ontain<br> > package stow (No such file or directory)`<br> <br> </div></div>It never rains but it pours ... this sounds remarkably similar = to this<br> issue which was coincidentally reported and fixed in the last 48<br> hours:<br> <br> =A0 <a href=3D"http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.stow.bugs/8820" targe= t=3D"_blank">http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.stow.bugs/8820</a><br> <br> Does your STOW_DIR involve symlinks? =A0Please read that thread,<br> see if it applies in your case, and let me know.<br> <br> Thanks!<br> <span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888">Adam<br> </font></span></blockquote></div><br></div> --f46d043d673f7934a104dae23339--