Re: make install errors out:

["Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:

> Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se> writes:
>
>> Hello.
>>
>> 30 jul 2012 kl. 05:34 skrev T. V. Raman:
>>
>>> This is after a git update:
>>> 
>>> umask 022 ; \
>>> 	  eval sh -x /bin/mkdir -p \
>>> 	    "'`echo /usr/local/share/emacs/24.1.50/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp|sed \"s,:,' ',g\"`'"
>>> /bin/mkdir: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
>>> make: *** [install-arch-indep] Error 2
>>> 20:33:58 labrador emacs $ 
>>
>> Hmm, there is no ( in that line.  What shell are you using?
>>
>
> I am also facing the same issue. using bash shell
>
> $echo $SHELL
> /bin/bash
>
> This is on ubuntu 12.04.

and lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Mar 30 00:23 /bin/sh -> dash

Reverting the below hunk of commit
f433559302d181c3aef6af02b277beef2bbd10c1 fixes this

diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 95b0931..c6df480 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -489,7 +489,8 @@ set_installuser=for installuser in $${LOGNAME} $${USERNAME} $${USER} \
 ## http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf-patches/2004-11/msg00005.html
 install-arch-indep: install-info install-man ${INSTALL_ARCH_INDEP_EXTRA}
 	umask 022 ; \
-	  $(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)`echo ${locallisppath} | sed 's,:, $(DESTDIR),g'`
+	  eval sh -x $(MKDIR_P) \
+	    "'$(DESTDIR)`echo ${locallisppath}|sed \"s,:,' '$(DESTDIR),g\"`'"
 	-set ${COPYDESTS} ; \
 	unset CDPATH; \
 	$(set_installuser); \


-aneesh