[pacman-dev] pacman-git releases

[Xavier]

On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 03:12:41PM -0500, Travis Willard wrote:
> > i have made a build for bsc-beta,i have a line:
> >
> > make PREFIX=$startdir/pkg/opt/bsc install || return 1
> >
> > variable its wrong,makepkg make empty pkg and skip "return 1"
> >
> > make: Nothing to be done for `install'.
> > ==> Tidying install...
> >    -> Removing info/doc files...
> >    -> Compressing man pages...
> >    -> Stripping debugging symbols from binarie
> > ==> Creating package...
> >    -> Generating .FILELIST file...
> >    -> Generating .PKGINFO file...
> >    -> Compressing package...
> > ==> Leaving fakeroot environment.
> > ==> Finished making: bsc-beta (Thu Nov 22 19:
> >
> > in the stable version this thing is working correct and return an error
> >
> > ==> Removing info/doc files...
> > ==> Compressing man pages...
> > ==> Stripping debugging symbols from libraries...
> > ==> Stripping symbols from binaries...
> > ==> Generating .FILELIST file...
> > tar: *: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
> > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> > ==> Generating .PKGINFO file...
> > ==> Compressing package...
> > tar: *: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
> > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> > ==> ERROR: Failed to create package file.
> 
> That's a bugfix - the previous version is the buggy one. A packager
> should be able to build empty packages if they want.  It's up to you
> to ensure your package was built correctly.
> 

I'm confused here. So the error comes from tar, and not from "make install",
right?
The "return 1" isn't skipped as it was pretented? That would be a bit odd.