[MESOS-9160] Failed to compile gRPC when the build path contains symlinks.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.7.0
• Component/s: build
• Target Version/s: 1.7.0
• Sprint: Mesosphere Sprint 2018-27
• Story Points: 1
• Assignee: Kapil Arya
• Reporter: Kapil Arya
• Shepherd: Chun-Hung Hsiao
• Created: 16/Aug/18 22:05
• Updated: 29/Apr/19 09:27
• Resolved: 16/Aug/18 22:06

Description

make[4]: *** No rule to make target '/home/kapil/mesos/master/build/3rdparty/grpc-1.10.0/libs/opt/libgrpc++_unsecure.a'.  Stop.

Apparently, in GRPC makefile, it uses realpath (no symlinks) when computing the build directory, whereas, Mesos builds use `abspath` (doesn't resolve symlinks). So there is a target mismatch if any directory in your Mesos path is a symlink.