build fails: libppd/usr/lib': File exists

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3/5
Estimated time
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Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
c
Domain
build-system

Research direction

Start with the reported build file and the generated Makefile target at Makefile:1094, then reproduce the failure at make DESTDIR="$1" install. Inspect how the install step handles /usr/lib and compare it with the other destination directories shown in the log. Done means the libppd package installs successfully without the File exists error.

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Description

Describe the bug
I want to package libppd for the kisslinux distribution. When I build libppdI get:

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make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/user/.cache/kiss/proc/20326/build/libppd'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/user/.cache/kiss/proc/20326/build/libppd'
Salut
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/user/.cache/kiss/proc/20326/build/libppd'
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/user/.cache/kiss/proc/20326/build/libppd'
 ./install-sh -c -d '/home/user/.cache/kiss/proc/20326/pkg/libppd/usr/share/doc/libppd'
 ./install-sh -c -d '/home/user/.cache/kiss/proc/20326/pkg/libppd/usr/lib/pkgconfig'
 ./install-sh -c -d '/home/user/.cache/kiss/proc/20326/pkg/libppd/usr/share/ppdc'
 ./install-sh -c -d '/home/user/.cache/kiss/proc/20326/pkg/libppd/usr/include/ppd'
 ./install-sh -c -d '/home/user/.cache/kiss/proc/20326/pkg/libppd/usr/lib'
mkdir: can't create directory '/home/user/.cache/kiss/proc/20326/pkg/libppd/usr/lib': File exists
make[2]: *** [Makefile:1094: install-libLTLIBRARIES] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 libppd.pc '/home/user/.cache/kiss/proc/20326/pkg/libppd/usr/lib/pkgconfig'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ppd/epson.h ppd/hp.h ppd/label.h ppd/font.defs ppd/media.defs ppd/raster.defs '/home/user/.cache/kiss/proc/20326/pkg/libppd/usr/share/ppdc'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ABOUT-NLS AUTHORS COPYING CHANGES.md CHANGES-1.x.md INSTALL LICENSE NOTICE README.md DEVELOPING.md CONTRIBUTING.md '/home/user/.cache/kiss/proc/20326/pkg/libppd/usr/share/doc/libppd'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ppd/ppd.h ppd/ppdc.h ppd/ppd-filter.h '/home/user/.cache/kiss/proc/20326/pkg/libppd/usr/include/ppd'
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/user/.cache/kiss/proc/20326/build/libppd'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:2157: install-am] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/user/.cache/kiss/proc/20326/build/libppd'
make: *** [Makefile:1681: install-recursive] Error 1
-> libppd Build failed
-> libppd Log stored to /home/user/.cache/kiss/logs/2024-07-09/libppd-2024-07-09-21:34-20326

To Reproduce
I have a buildfile which contains the following commands

#!/bin/sh -e

./configure  \
    --prefix=/usr \
    --disable-mutool

make
make DESTDIR="$1" install

I get the problem at the make install step.

System Information:
Linux version:

$ uname -a
Linux KISS 6.4.7 #8 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Aug 18 06:34:34 UTC 2023 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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