build error following March 12th commits

[baos]

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configure.ac:120: warning: The 'AM_PROG_MKDIR_P' macro is deprecated, and its use is discouraged.
configure.ac:120: You should use the Autoconf-provided 'AC_PROG_MKDIR_P' macro instead,
configure.ac:120: and use '$(MKDIR_P)' instead of '$(mkdir_p)'in your Makefile.am files.
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Makefile.am: installing './INSTALL'
configure.ac:580: error: required file 'doc/Makefile.in' not found
configure.ac:580: error: required file 'util/Makefile.in' not found
configure.ac:580: error: required file 'tests/Makefile.in' not found
configure.ac:580: error: required file 'lib/Makefile.in' not found
Makefile.am:44: error: required directory ./lib does not exist
Makefile.am:44: error: required directory ./tests does not exist
Makefile.am:44: error: required directory ./util does not exist
src/Makefile.am: installing 'build-aux/depcomp'
autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1
make[3]: *** [wget/Makefile] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/asuswrt-merlin/release/src/router'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/asuswrt-merlin/release/src-rt-6.x.4708'
make[1]: *** [bin] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/asuswrt-merlin/release/src-rt-6.x.4708'
make: *** [rt-ac87u] Error 2
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[mrdude]

I've got the exact same errors - unable to build this firmware now using ubuntu 64bit 14.02. It built ok up to alpha1 (2 days ago).

I had to cd back to asuswrt-merlin and then issue the command:

git reset --hard bec1789

cd to: asuswrt-merlin/release/src-rt-6.x.4708
make clean
make rt-ac87u

Then I could build again.

 

[RMerlin]

HEAD, especially during the "alpha" stage, is never guaranteed to build properly.

 

[kevindb]

HEAD, especially during the "alpha" stage, is never guaranteed to build properly.

But may I say how clean & how well documented your git is.....it comes as a shock when something doesn't build out of the box even if it is alpha

 

[RMerlin]

But may I say how clean & how well documented your git is.....it comes as a shock when something doesn't build out of the box even if it is alpha

Thanks. I always comment a commit so I can tell what the commit does without having to look at the actual commit. I hate it when a developer puts "update" or "fix" as the sole git/svn comment, and you have to open the commit just to tell what part of the code this is "updating" or "fixing". For some other projects that I follow, it makes it hard to keep track of changes without having to click every single commit one after another.

I picked up this method by keeping track of both the WL500g and Padavan projects - both of them are doing an excellent job at documenting their commits.

During alpha I usually do all my work on one single git copy. That's why it occasionally lead to breakage for either other models (as they aren't tested yet), or when pulling from Github (in case of missing files in a commit). These will come up later on during development as I start building other models in their respective repository copies (I keep one separate copy for each model, to allow for parallel building).

 

[baos]

Thankyou for fixing it so fast!

 

[mrdude]

Thanks for fixing this, it's working fine building RT-AC87U firmware now. That's much appreciated.