[Debian-med-packaging] [covid-19] Help for ocaml package needed

[Andreas Tille]

Hi Ralf,

On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 11:33:51AM +0200, Ralf Treinen wrote:
> > 
> > Would you mind providing a patch (via merge request or even git
> > format-patch attached to some e-mail)?  Even if you say you was not
> > successful it might be worth keeping your investigations in code
> > rather than in an e-mail text.
> 
> OK did a merge request. Good luck -Ralf.

Thanks a lot.  When inspecting the build log I'm wondering whether
ocamlbuild has an issue that is affecting this package:

...
make[2]: Entering directory '/build/pplacer-1.1~alpha19'
ocamlbuild rppr.native
ocamlbuild guppy.native
ocamlbuild pplacer.native
+ mkdir '/build/pplacer-1.1~alpha19/_build'
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/build/pplacer-1.1~alpha19/_build’: File exists
Command exited with code 1.
Failure:
  Error during command "mkdir '/build/pplacer-1.1~alpha19/_build'": Ocamlbuild_pack.My_std.Exit_with_code(10).
make[2]: *** [Makefile:21: rppr.native] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/build/pplacer-1.1~alpha19'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:16: rppr] Error 2
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
+ mkdir '/build/pplacer-1.1~alpha19/_build'
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/build/pplacer-1.1~alpha19/_build’: File exists
Command exited with code 1.
Failure:
  Error during command "mkdir '/build/pplacer-1.1~alpha19/_build'": Ocamlbuild_pack.My_std.Exit_with_code(10).
...

I wonder whether `mkdir` needs to be replaced by `mkdir -p`.

Kind regards

     Andreas.

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