Re: CVS HEAD still fails to "make all install" incrementally on NextStep/OSX

[Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>]

merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) writes:

  > repeat on OSX with:
  > 
  >   ./configure --with-ns
  >   make bootstrap install # works so far
  >   touch src/nsterm.m # trigger rebuild, like a cvs pull
  >   make all install # FAILS TO INSTALL
  > 
  > workaround is to always:
  > 
  >   make booststrap install # works, but takes a LOT longer
  > 
  > can someone who made the nextstep/cocoa .app install please fix this?  I'd
  > help, but I don't want to reverse engineer it,
 
Why not?
This is the emacs/Makefile.in patch that added support for NextStep:

Index: Makefile.in
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/Makefile.in,v
retrieving revision 1.356
retrieving revision 1.357
diff -u -3 -p -u -p -r1.356 -r1.357
--- Makefile.in	25 Jun 2008 15:46:23 -0000	1.356
+++ Makefile.in	15 Jul 2008 18:14:52 -0000	1.357
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ man1dir=$(mandir)/man1
 infodir=@infodir@
 INFO_FILES=ada-mode autotype calc ccmode cl dbus dired-x ebrowse ediff	\
            efaq eintr elisp emacs emacs-mime epa erc eshell eudc	\
-           flymake forms gnus idlwave info message mh-e newsticker	\
+           flymake forms gnus idlwave info message mh-e newsticker ns-emacs \
            nxml-mode org pcl-cvs pgg rcirc reftex remember sasl sc ses	\
            sieve speedbar tramp vip viper widget woman smtpmail url
 
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ x_default_search_path=@x_default_search_
 # Location to install Emacs.app on Mac OS X
 carbon_appdir=@carbon_appdir@
 
+# Location to install Emacs.app under NeXT/Open/GNUstep / Cocoa
+ns_appdir=@ns_appdir@
+
 # Where the etc/emacs.desktop file is to be installed.
 desktopdir=$(datarootdir)/applications
 
@@ -411,6 +414,14 @@ install-arch-dep: mkdir
 		(cd $(DESTDIR)${carbon_appdir}/Emacs.app; umask 022; tar -xvf - \
 			&& cat > /dev/null))) || exit 1; \
 	fi
+	if test "${ns_appdir}" != ""; then \
+	  umask 022; mkdir -p ${ns_appdir}/Emacs.app; \
+	  (cd nextstep/build/Emacs.app; (tar -chf - . | \
+		(cd ${ns_appdir}/Emacs.app; umask 022; tar -xvf - \
+			&& cat > /dev/null))) || exit 1; \
+	  ( cd site-lisp ; tar chf - . ) | \
+	      ( cd ${datadir}/$(EMACSFULL)/site-lisp ; tar xf - ) \
+	fi
 
 ## http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-10/msg01672.html
 ## Needs to be the user running install, so configure can't set it.

Debugging this should not be that difficult if you have access to an OSX
machine, which most people here don't...