DSL Tips and Tricks :: declobber - a tool for extension rebuilding

Running the app from /Knoppix/usr/bin produces the same results.

Sorry for the delay getting to this, I've been busy.

declobber produces this error:

Code Sample

tar: usr/share/guile/1.6/ice-9/and-let*.scm usr/share/guile/1.6/ice-9/and-let-star.scm: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
Error. Removed dirs and difference between in/out unequal, exiting ..

It seems some programmer actually thought it was a good idea to put one of the shell's special characters (wildcard *) into a filename:
/usr/share/guile/1.6/ice-9/and-let*.scm

It look to me like tar may be gagging on this filename when it appears in the list for archiving.

I have no idea what this file ('module') is for, but its comment header states that it is deprecated (no wonder) and that usr/share/guile/1.6/ice-9/and-let-star.scm should be used instead.

I suggest rebuilding the extension without this file. Try running declobber on that.

original here.