Re: Build trivially (but permanently) broken

[Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>]

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On 9/24/18 9:16 AM, T.V Raman wrote:
> Try 'rm ./-.o' to remove the file '-.o'.


That advice should fix the problem; did you try it?

More importantly, why do you have a file named './-.o' - that is, what 
build option created that file?

In the meantime I installed the attached into master, which should 
prevent this particular build failure from occurring again, though you 
may need to fix your copy by hand in order to propagate this fix into 
your copy.


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From bcb950a12c8a3fe77c65718fd20339198924488c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 10:44:34 -0700
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Problem reported by T.V Raman in:
https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-devel/2018-09/msg00866.html
* Makefile.in (clean, extraclean):
* doc/emacs/Makefile.in (mostlyclean):
* doc/lispintro/Makefile.in (mostlyclean):
* doc/lispref/Makefile.in (mostlyclean):
* doc/misc/Makefile.in (mostlyclean, clean):
* etc/refcards/Makefile (clean):
* lib-src/Makefile.in (mostlyclean, extraclean):
* lib/Makefile.in (clean):
* lwlib/Makefile.in (clean mostlyclean):
* oldXMenu/Makefile.in (clean mostlyclean):
* src/Makefile.in (mostlyclean, extraclean):
* test/Makefile.in (mostlyclean):
Say ‘rm ./*.o’ instead of ‘rm *.o’ to avoid undesirable failure
when a file name begins with ‘-’.
---
 Makefile.in               | 4 ++--
 doc/emacs/Makefile.in     | 4 ++--
 doc/lispintro/Makefile.in | 4 ++--
 doc/lispref/Makefile.in   | 4 ++--
 doc/misc/Makefile.in      | 8 ++++----
 etc/refcards/Makefile     | 2 +-
 lib-src/Makefile.in       | 4 ++--
 lib/Makefile.in           | 2 +-
 lwlib/Makefile.in         | 2 +-
 oldXMenu/Makefile.in      | 2 +-
 src/Makefile.in           | 6 +++---
 test/Makefile.in          | 2 +-
 12 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 5ea48824bd..c6b2cfa78a 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ clean_dirs =
 clean: $(clean_dirs:=_clean)
 	$(MAKE) -C admin/charsets $@
 	[ ! -d test ] || $(MAKE) -C test $@
-	-rm -f *.tmp etc/*.tmp*
+	-rm -f ./*.tmp etc/*.tmp*
 	-rm -rf info-dir.*
 
 ### 'bootclean'
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ extraclean_dirs =
 extraclean: $(extraclean_dirs:=_extraclean)
 	${top_maintainer_clean}
 	-rm -f config-tmp-*
-	-rm -f *~ \#*
+	-rm -f ./*~ \#*
 
 # The src subdir knows how to do the right thing
 # even when the build directory and source dir are different.
diff --git a/doc/emacs/Makefile.in b/doc/emacs/Makefile.in
index 1da2f1550f..54e173f8d6 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/Makefile.in
+++ b/doc/emacs/Makefile.in
@@ -206,8 +206,8 @@ .PHONY:
 
 ## Temp files.
 mostlyclean:
-	rm -f *.aux *.log *.toc *.cp *.cps *.fn *.fns *.ky *.kys \
-	  *.op *.ops *.pg *.pgs *.tp *.tps *.vr *.vrs
+	rm -f ./*.aux ./*.log ./*.toc ./*.cp ./*.cps ./*.fn ./*.fns ./*.ky ./*.kys \
+	  ./*.op ./*.ops ./*.pg ./*.pgs ./*.tp ./*.tps ./*.vr ./*.vrs
 
 ## Products not in the release tarfiles.
 clean: mostlyclean
diff --git a/doc/lispintro/Makefile.in b/doc/lispintro/Makefile.in
index 71739fdb35..e2a1229d5c 100644
--- a/doc/lispintro/Makefile.in
+++ b/doc/lispintro/Makefile.in
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ emacs-lisp-intro.ps:
 .PHONY: mostlyclean clean distclean bootstrap-clean maintainer-clean infoclean
 
 mostlyclean:
-	rm -f *.aux *.log *.toc *.cp *.cps *.fn *.fns *.ky *.kys \
-	  *.op *.ops *.pg *.pgs *.tp *.tps *.vr *.vrs
+	rm -f ./*.aux ./*.log ./*.toc ./*.cp ./*.cps ./*.fn ./*.fns ./*.ky ./*.kys \
+	  ./*.op ./*.ops ./*.pg ./*.pgs ./*.tp ./*.tps ./*.vr ./*.vrs
 
 clean: mostlyclean
 	rm -f $(DVI_TARGETS) $(HTML_TARGETS) $(PDF_TARGETS) $(PS_TARGETS)
diff --git a/doc/lispref/Makefile.in b/doc/lispref/Makefile.in
index 98ca90a96d..221f4f97f5 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/Makefile.in
+++ b/doc/lispref/Makefile.in
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ .PHONY:
 
 ## [12] stuff is from two-volume.make.
 mostlyclean:
-	rm -f *.aux *.log *.toc *.cp *.cps *.fn *.fns *.ky *.kys \
-	  *.op *.ops *.pg *.pgs *.tp *.tps *.vr *.vrs
+	rm -f ./*.aux ./*.log ./*.toc ./*.cp ./*.cps ./*.fn ./*.fns ./*.ky ./*.kys \
+	  ./*.op ./*.ops ./*.pg ./*.pgs ./*.tp ./*.tps ./*.vr ./*.vrs
 	rm -f elisp[12]* vol[12].tmp
 
 clean: mostlyclean
diff --git a/doc/misc/Makefile.in b/doc/misc/Makefile.in
index 11086b3303..fd07ea4ca1 100644
--- a/doc/misc/Makefile.in
+++ b/doc/misc/Makefile.in
@@ -224,13 +224,13 @@ ${buildinfodir}/tramp.info tramp.html:
 .PHONY: mostlyclean clean distclean bootstrap-clean maintainer-clean
 
 mostlyclean:
-	rm -f *.aux *.log *.toc *.c[mp] *.c[mp]s *.fn *.fns \
-	  *.ky *.kys *.op *.ops *.p[gj] *.p[gj]s *.sc *.scs *.ss \
-	  *.t[gp] *.t[gp]s *.vr *.vrs
+	rm -f ./*.aux ./*.log ./*.toc ./*.c[mp] ./*.c[mp]s ./*.fn ./*.fns \
+	  ./*.ky ./*.kys ./*.op ./*.ops ./*.p[gj] ./*.p[gj]s ./*.sc ./*.scs ./*.ss \
+	  ./*.t[gp] ./*.t[gp]s ./*.vr ./*.vrs
 	rm -f gnustmp*
 
 clean: mostlyclean
-	rm -f *.dvi *.html *.pdf *.ps
+	rm -f ./*.dvi ./*.html ./*.pdf ./*.ps
 
 distclean: clean
 	rm -f Makefile
diff --git a/etc/refcards/Makefile b/etc/refcards/Makefile
index b61ff5f803..a3c8e55172 100644
--- a/etc/refcards/Makefile
+++ b/etc/refcards/Makefile
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ viperCard.dvi:
 .PHONY: clean
 
 clean:
-	-rm -f *.dvi *.log *.aux
+	-rm -f ./*.dvi ./*.log ./*.aux
 
 distclean: clean
 
diff --git a/lib-src/Makefile.in b/lib-src/Makefile.in
index b2b901788a..ecb9208a1c 100644
--- a/lib-src/Makefile.in
+++ b/lib-src/Makefile.in
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ uninstall:
 	fi
 
 mostlyclean:
-	rm -f core *.o *.res
+	rm -f core ./*.o ./*.res
 
 clean: mostlyclean
 	rm -f ${EXE_FILES}
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ distclean:
 bootstrap-clean maintainer-clean: distclean
 
 extraclean: maintainer-clean
-	rm -f *~ \#*
+	rm -f ./*~ \#*
 
 ## Test the contents of the directory.
 check:
diff --git a/lib/Makefile.in b/lib/Makefile.in
index b26db27423..7dba31be71 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.in
+++ b/lib/Makefile.in
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ TAGS:
 .PHONY: $(ETAGS) tags
 
 clean:
-	rm -f *.[ao] *-t \#* $(DEPDIR)/*
+	rm -f ./*.[ao] ./*-t \#* $(DEPDIR)/*
 mostlyclean: clean
 	rm -f $(filter-out %-t,$(MOSTLYCLEANFILES))
 distclean bootstrap-clean: mostlyclean
diff --git a/lwlib/Makefile.in b/lwlib/Makefile.in
index 6bd2608381..ed71270a77 100644
--- a/lwlib/Makefile.in
+++ b/lwlib/Makefile.in
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ $(globals_h):
 .PHONY: mostlyclean clean distclean bootstrap-clean maintainer-clean
 
 clean mostlyclean:
-	rm -f *.o liblw.a \#* $(DEPDIR)/*
+	rm -f ./*.o liblw.a \#* $(DEPDIR)/*
 
 distclean: clean
 	rm -f Makefile
diff --git a/oldXMenu/Makefile.in b/oldXMenu/Makefile.in
index d795038797..211bac97ee 100644
--- a/oldXMenu/Makefile.in
+++ b/oldXMenu/Makefile.in
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ libXMenu11.a:
 .PHONY: mostlyclean clean distclean bootstrap-clean maintainer-clean
 
 clean mostlyclean:
-	rm -f libXMenu11.a *.o $(DEPDIR)/*
+	rm -f libXMenu11.a ./*.o $(DEPDIR)/*
 
 bootstrap-clean maintainer-clean distclean: clean
 	rm -f Makefile
diff --git a/src/Makefile.in b/src/Makefile.in
index 7d9c2361a9..72f568988a 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/Makefile.in
@@ -645,12 +645,12 @@ .PHONY:
 .PHONY: versionclean extraclean
 
 mostlyclean:
-	rm -f temacs$(EXEEXT) core *.core \#* *.o
+	rm -f temacs$(EXEEXT) core ./*.core \#* ./*.o
 	rm -f ../etc/DOC
 	rm -f bootstrap-emacs$(EXEEXT) emacs-$(version)$(EXEEXT)
 	rm -f buildobj.h
 	rm -f globals.h gl-stamp
-	rm -f *.res *.tmp
+	rm -f ./*.res ./*.tmp
 clean: mostlyclean
 	rm -f emacs-*.*.*[0-9]$(EXEEXT) emacs$(EXEEXT) $(DEPDIR)/*
 
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ maintainer-clean:
 versionclean:
 	-rm -f emacs$(EXEEXT) emacs-*.*.*[0-9]$(EXEEXT) ../etc/DOC*
 extraclean: distclean
-	-rm -f *~ \#*
+	-rm -f ./*~ \#*
 
 
 ETAGS = ../lib-src/etags${EXEEXT}
diff --git a/test/Makefile.in b/test/Makefile.in
index a1f4388288..adb316c3d9 100644
--- a/test/Makefile.in
+++ b/test/Makefile.in
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ .PHONY:
 
 mostlyclean:
 	-@for f in ${LOGFILES}; do test ! -f $$f || mv $$f $$f~; done
-	rm -f *.tmp
+	rm -f ./*.tmp
 
 clean:
 	find . '(' -name '*.log' -o -name '*.log~' ')' $(FIND_DELETE)
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