Re: [AD] Makefile fix

[Bobby Ferris <baf@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Evert Glebbeek wrote:

> > > What about mkdir -p? I had already posted a patch a while back, but CVS
> > > messed it up so Eric reverted the changes. I didn't have the time to
> > > reapply it correctly, but perhaps you could look it up?
> > >      
> > will that work on windows too?
> >    
>
> Generally, no - but it will if UNIX_TOOLS are installed, and in that case I 
> think using -p would be the preferred option.
>
> This issue seems to come up quite often, by the way. I think I've seen 
> related patches come by at least four or five times in the past... not 
> sure what happened to those, as the problem apparently still exists.
>
> Are the directories Allegro creates during installation removed by a make 
> uninstall? If so, it may be best to detect the precense of those 
> directories when make install is run and tell teh user to make uninstall 
> their previous version first. Or is this too bothersome?
>
> Evert
>  
cmd.exe and maybe command.com intercept mkdir too :/ to get the unix 
utils binaries (like echo, mkdir, etc) you have to put .exe aftyer, like 
mkdir.exe ;)