terryl@tekirl.LABS.TEK.COM (06/13/90)
The following makefile works fine on a VAX running NFS, but does not
work on a Solbourne (a Sun clone); it never prints out: "You have new mail."
#! /usr/bin/make -f
.SILENT:
HUSH=.hushlogin
MAIL=.mail
all: $(HUSH) $(MAIL)
$(HUSH): /etc/motd ; cat /etc/motd ; touch $(HUSH)
$(MAIL): /tmp
-if test -s /usr/spool/mail/terryl; then \
echo You have new mail.; exit 0; \
else exit 0; fi
Some relevant debug out put from /usr/bin/make:
stat(all)
doname(all)
@ =
stat(.hushlogin)
doname(.hushlogin)
@ =
stat(/etc/motd)
doname(/etc/motd)
Looking for % rule for /etc/motd
find_double_suffix_rule(/etc/motd)
find_suffix_rule(/etc/motd,/etc/motd,)
Date(/etc/motd)=Tue Jun 12 10:12:21 1990 Date-dependencies(.hushlogin)=File d
oes not exist
Looking for % rule for .hushlogin
find_double_suffix_rule(.hushlogin)
Date(.hushlogin)=Tue Jun 12 10:25:26 1990 Date-dependencies(all)=File does n
ot exist
Building all because it is out of date relative to .hushlogin
stat(.mail)
doname(.mail)
@ =
stat(/tmp)
doname(/tmp)
Looking for % rule for /tmp
find_double_suffix_rule(/tmp)
find_suffix_rule(/tmp,/tmp,)
Date(/tmp)=Wed Dec 31 16:00:01 1969 Date-dependencies(.mail)=File does not ex
ist
Looking for % rule for .mail
find_double_suffix_rule(.mail)
Building all because it is out of date relative to .mail
Looking for % rule for all
find_double_suffix_rule(all)
stat(all)
stat(.DONE)
doname(.DONE)
Looking for % rule for .DONE
find_double_suffix_rule(.DONE)
I don't like all of the "File does not exist" messages, because they do all
exist, and the date of /tmp is VERY suspect. If someone can tell me where in
TFM this is documented (or any pointers at all), I'd really appreciate that.