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Subject:    [ovs-discuss] Makefile.main:14: *** unterminated call	 to	function`foreach':	 missing `)'. Stop.
From:       Nick.Couchman () seakr ! com (Nick Couchman)
Date:       2009-08-31 20:54:38
Message-ID: 4A9BE42E02000099000186B4 () collaborate ! seakr ! com
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SLES10 SP 2.  Make is version 3.80. 

-Nick

> > > On 2009/08/31 at 14:32, Martin Casado <casado at nicira.com> wrote:


I'd also be interested to know what distro and make version you're using.


> OK.  Then can you post the actual contents of Makefile.main?  In
> particular there will be a bunch of variables at the top (export
> <varname> = <value>) whose values I am interested in.
> 
> "Nick Couchman" <Nick.Couchman at seakr.com> writes:
> 
> 
> > I still experience the same error, even when everything is on a single line.
> > 
> > 
> > -Nick
> > 
> > 
> > > > > On 2009/08/31 at 14:22, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> > > > > 
> > "Nick Couchman" <Nick.Couchman at seakr.com> writes:
> > 
> > 
> > > I've double-checked the Makefile.main file, and the lines seem to be okay:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > $(foreach s,$(sort $(foreach m,$(build_modules),$($(m)_sources))), \
> > > 
> > > $(eval $(notdir $(s)): ; ln -s $(srcdir)/../$(s) $@))
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Any hints on why this is happening?
> > > 
> > If I recall correctly, some versions of GNU make have bugs in
> > this area.  Would you mind deleting the \ and the new-line
> > following it, so that this becomes a single long line:
> > 
> > $(foreach s,$(sort $(foreach m,$(build_modules),$($(m)_sources))), $(eval $
> > (notdir $(s)): ; ln -s $(srcdir)/../$(s) $@))
> > 
> > If that fixes the problem, I'll check in a fix that doesn't split
> > that line.
> > 
> > Here's where I've encountered this bug before, for what it's worth:
> > http://repo.or.cz/w/pintos.git?a=blob;f=src/tests/filesys/extended/Make.tests;
> > hb=572262ad11afd0ce954fb86e555e8ab50ce53761
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