No rule to make target ../../COPYRIGHT', needed by COPYRIGHT'. Stop.

[alvaradoo]

Summary of Problem

When running make, errors are returned saying:
***** main/ *****
make[3]: *** No rule to make target ../../COPYRIGHT', needed by COPYRIGHT'. Stop.
make[2]: *** [main.makedir] Error 2
make[1]: *** [compiler] Error 2
make: *** [comprt] Error 2

Configuration Information

• Output of chpl --version:
  chpl version 1.22.1
  Copyright 2020 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
  Copyright 2004-2019 Cray Inc.
  (See LICENSE file for more details)

• Output of $CHPL_HOME/util/printchplenv --anonymize:
  CHPL_TARGET_PLATFORM: darwin
  CHPL_TARGET_COMPILER: clang
  CHPL_TARGET_ARCH: x86_64
  CHPL_TARGET_CPU: native
  CHPL_LOCALE_MODEL: flat
  CHPL_COMM: none *
  CHPL_TASKS: fifo *
  CHPL_LAUNCHER: none
  CHPL_TIMERS: generic
  CHPL_UNWIND: none
  CHPL_MEM: cstdlib *
  CHPL_ATOMICS: cstdlib
  CHPL_GMP: none *
  CHPL_HWLOC: none
  CHPL_REGEXP: none *
  CHPL_LLVM: none *
  CHPL_AUX_FILESYS: none

• Back-end compiler and version, e.g. gcc --version or clang --version:
  Configured with: --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
  Apple clang version 11.0.3 (clang-1103.0.32.62)
  Target: x86_64-apple-darwin19.6.0
  Thread model: posix
  InstalledDir: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin

[alvaradoo]

Did normal source download without using brew install version and it built correctly. Closing issue.

[bradcray]

@alvaradoo : Back from vacation and curious about this even though you self-resolved it: Was the idea that you did brew install chapel and then tried to do a make of the source as well? (which shouldn't be necessary with the homebrew installation). If so, is there anything in the documentation that you think could/should be clarified to prevent other users from going down this path? Thanks!

[alvaradoo]

Hi, no the idea is exactly what you had mentioned. I tried to do a make of the source after doing a brew install chapel. I now realize that brew already builds chapel during installation.

I think my confusion arose from following the instructions here, which has the quickstart document in the fourth item, and, after clicking on the quickstart document, thinking I had to rebuild chapel when reading through those instructions.

[bradcray]

Thanks for that feedback. So perhaps if the Mac-specific installation instructions only pointed to the Mac-specific documentation (since it in turn points to the Quickstart instructions) while also updating the Mac-specific docs to clarify that you can either install from homebrew or build from source, we'd prevent others from tripping over this. Does that sound right?

[alvaradoo]

Yes, that sounds perfectly right. I believe that would prevent others from committing the same mistake I did.

[bradcray]

Hi @alvaradoo: I ended up doing a bigger change than I'd intended, but I think the net result is still better than what we had before. Would you take a look at the screenshots at #16327 and see whether you think they're a step forward and would've helped with this confusion? Thanks!

[alvaradoo]

Hi @bradcray. I just took a look at it, and I think that's good! That's much clearer and helps distinguish the Homebrew install & source install as two totally separate entities.

[bradcray]

Great, thanks for the quick response! I'll get someone else on the team to review it tomorrow and then merge. Thanks for helping us catch this potential for confusion.