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  • install-sbbs.mk doesn't complete successfully when SBSBDIR or REPODIR

    From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab issue in main/sbbs on Fri Jan 16 00:58:34 2026
    open https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/1053

    I think some GNU make special assignment with $(shell realpath ...) would help here, but didn't figure it out yet and didn't want to fuggetabadit.

    e.g.
    ```
    $ make -f ~/sbbs/install/install-sbbs.mk SBBSDIR=../test2 run
    make: ../test2/repo: No such file or directory
    make: ../test2/repo: No such file or directory
    make: ../test2/repo: No such file or directory
    make: ../test2/repo: No such file or directory
    make: ../test2/repo: No such file or directory
    make: ../test2/repo: No such file or directory
    make: ../test2/repo: No such file or directory
    make: ../test2/repo: No such file or directory
    make: ../test2/repo: No such file or directory
    make: ../test2/repo: No such file or directory
    make: ../test2/repo: No such file or directory
    make: ../test2/repo: No such file or directory
    make: ../test2/repo: No such file or directory
    make: ../test2/repo: No such file or directory
    cp -r /ctrl ../test2
    cp: cannot stat '/ctrl': No such file or directory
    make: *** [/home/rswindell/sbbs/install/install-sbbs.mk:264: ../test2/ctrl] Error 1
    ```

    and when REPODIR is relative, you end up with something like this:

    ```
    make -C /home/rswindell/test2/exec MAKEFLAGS= os=linux RELEASE=1 BAJAPATH=../repo2/src/sbbs3/gcc.linux.x64.exe.release/baja
    make[1]: Entering directory '/home/rswindell/test2/exec'
    make[1]: *** No rule to make target 'ftp.bin', needed by 'all'. Stop.
    ```
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    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)