Missing vim folder in plumed executable folder

[carajillu]

Hi all,

This seems like a very minor bug. When I try to do a fresh installation of plumed, the first time it fails because it doesn't find a folder called vim inside the folder where the program is installed. This is teh last bit of the installation output, where the error appears:

if test -f ../../vim/scripts.vim ; then cp ../../vim/scripts.vim "/home/joan/local/plumed2_carajillu/lib/plumed/vim/" ; fi
cp: cannot create regular file '/home/joan/local/plumed2_carajillu/lib/plumed/vim/': Not a directory
Makefile:247: recipe for target 'install' failed
make[2]: *** [install] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/joan/github/plumed2_carajillu/src/lib'
Makefile:11: recipe for target 'install' failed
make[1]: *** [install] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/joan/github/plumed2_carajillu/src'
Makefile:35: recipe for target 'install' failed
make: *** [install] Error 2

Then I manually create /home/joan/local/plumed2_carajillu/lib/plumed/vim/ and run the installation again and it installs it fine. A test with driver runs fine too.

Thanks,
Joan

[GiovanniBussi]

@carajillu thanks for reporting! This is a bit strange. If you look at these three lines

plumed2/src/lib/Makefile

Lines 308 to 310 in c090f11

	if test -d ../../vim/syntax ; then mkdir -p "$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(program_name)" && cd ../../ && tar cf - vim/syntax | tar xf - -C "$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(program_name)/" ; fi
	if test -d ../../vim/help ; then mkdir -p "$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(program_name)" && cd ../../ && tar cf - vim/help | tar xf - -C "$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(program_name)/" ; fi
	if test -f ../../vim/scripts.vim ; then cp ../../vim/scripts.vim "$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(program_name)/vim/" ; fi

The directory should be created when the help and or syntax directories are copied with tar. Anyway, it is easy to add a mkdir in the previous line, I will make it.