Bug#269536: advi_1.5.2+cvs-2004.07.27-2(ia64/unstable): FTBFS: missing cmi files?

[Jérôme Marant <jmarant@free.fr>]

Quoting Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>:

> Notice that the difference between a successful build (i386) :
>
> ocamlopt.opt -warn-error A -inline 9 -I /usr/lib/ocaml/3.08/camlimages -c
> config.ml
> ocamlc -warn-error A -g -I /usr/lib/ocaml/3.08/camlimages -c misc.mli
> ocamlopt.opt -warn-error A -inline 9 -I /usr/lib/ocaml/3.08/camlimages -c
> misc.ml
> ocamlc -warn-error A -g -I /usr/lib/ocaml/3.08/camlimages -c timeout.mli
>
> And a failed one (ia64) :
>
> ocamlopt.opt -warn-error A -inline 9 -I /usr/lib/ocaml/3.08/camlimages -c
> config.ml
> ocamlopt.opt -warn-error A -inline 9 -I /usr/lib/ocaml/3.08/camlimages -c
> misc.ml
> File "misc.ml", line 1, characters -1--1:
> Could not find the .cmi file for interface misc.mli.
>
> Is that the misc.mli file is not compiled with ocamlc. I don't remember
> exactly, but is this not the infamous problem with the missing .depend we
> have
> had on alpha i think ? This is the result of a broken build environment,
> which
> has a .depend somewhere in the places make looks for before looking in the
> home directory, and fixed in the -3 package :

So we need to force its removal before calling make .depend, I guess.

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Jérôme Marant