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"Matthew Leverton" <matthew@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>If I try to do a "make installall" it chokes on the "md include/allegro"
>command, because it tries to create the directory even if it already exists.
>I've had this problem ever since Allegro 4.0.0, as far as I remember. If
>I
>adjust the makefile to have a trailing / on the directory, then it works
>fine. (It creates the directory if it does not exist, and skips it
>otherwise.)
>
>What is odd is I don't have this problem on the same PC when I use the
"make
>installall" for the VC. I really don't understand why it is doing what
it
>is
>doing - the makefile syntax looks fine. May it possibly just be a `make'
>bug
>that we shouldn't worry about?
it looks like a make bug so the best thing would be to report it to the
mingw developers and in the meantime use an older version. also check your
path to verify that you are in fact using mingw make and not some other
one.
Yours Sincerely,
Henrik Stokseth.