On Mon, 14 May 2001 12:20:05 -0400, I <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I'm considering porting something to the HP3000 that makes use of Python.
[...]
>   3) one of the subordinate "Makefile"'s doesn't get built properly [it's
>empty] so compilation just simply stops... :(
>

I found the cause: the top level "makefile" calls a routine
called "makesetup" to build the subordinate Makefile.  This shell script
makes use of some temporary files of the form "@rules.$$" -- the $$
translates to my process PID [I think], but that's not the problem --
the "@" as the leading character of the filename which appearently isn't
legal... :(

Simple solution: I've edited "makesetup" to change the temp names
to "Xrules.$$" (and Xsed.in.$$, for that matter), now it builds
the "Makefile"...

Tom

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