Re: Automake 1.8.3 doesn't build?

[Bob Friesenhahn]

Apparently the key to building Automake 1.8.3 under FreeBSD is to use
BSD make rather than GNU make.

However, Automake 1.8.2 configures and builds just fine using GNU
make.

Bob

On Sat, 17 Apr 2004, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:

> Failure to configure and build Automake is a first for me.  This is
> under FreeBSD 5.0:
>
> % ./configure
> configure: loading site script /usr/local/share/config.site
> CC       = "/usr/local/bin/gcc-3.3.3"
> CXX      = "/usr/local/bin/c++-3.3.3"
> CFLAGS   = "-O2 -Wall -march=i686 -mcpu=pentium4 -pipe"
> CXXFLAGS = "-O -Wall -march=i686 -mcpu=pentium4 -pipe"
> CPPFLAGS = "-I/usr/local/include"
> LDFLAGS  = "-L/usr/local/lib -R/usr/local/lib -R/usr/X11R6/lib"
> checking build system type... i386-unknown-freebsd5.0
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking for gawk... no
> checking for mawk... mawk
> checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
> checking for perl... /usr/local/bin/perl
> checking for tex... no
> checking whether autoconf is installed... yes
> checking whether autoconf works... yes
> checking whether autoconf is recent enough... yes
> checking whether ln works... yes
> checking for grep that handles long lines...
> checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
> checking for fgrep... /usr/bin/grep -F
> configure: creating ./config.status
> config.status: creating Makefile
> config.status: creating doc/Makefile
> config.status: creating lib/Automake/Makefile
> config.status: creating lib/Automake/tests/Makefile
> config.status: creating lib/Makefile
> config.status: creating lib/am/Makefile
> config.status: creating m4/Makefile
> config.status: creating tests/Makefile
> config.status: creating tests/defs
> config.status: creating tests/aclocal-1.8
> config.status: creating tests/automake-1.8
> shaggy:src/gnu/automake-1.8.3% gmake
> Making all in . doc m4 lib tests
> cd: no such file or directory: . doc m4 lib tests
> gmake: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> % gmake --version
> GNU Make 3.80
> Copyright (C) 2002  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
> There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
> PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>
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>
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