Subject: Re: 19990210 build failed (make obj for gnu/usr.bin/grep)
To: Erik E. Fair <fair@clock.org>
From: Todd Vierling <tv@pobox.com>
List: current-users
Date: 02/10/1999 22:58:08 
On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Erik E. Fair wrote:

: obj ===> gnu/usr.bin/grep/grep
: /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/grep/grep/obj -> /usr/obj/gnu/usr.bin/grep/grep
: mkdir: /usr/obj/gnu/usr.bin/grep/grep: Not a directory
: *** Error code 1

The classic "we created new directories in here" problem.  Nuke and update
usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/grep.  This probably wouldn't happen if you "make
cleandir" before updating, but fortunately we don't do this terribly often.
8-)

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