Re: Makefiles (was bloody netatalk)


Subject: Re: Makefiles (was bloody netatalk)
From: Nathaniel Irons (beppo@bumppo.net)
Date: Sat Oct 07 2000 - 17:06:19 MDT


On 10/7/00 at 3:58 PM, mmessano@gumption.com (Michael Messano) wrote:

> As it stands right now, the sources on Sourceforge that you
> downloaded require you to run autogen first.

How is one supposed to know to run autogen?

make now dies someplace new:

--
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/irons/src/netatalk/libatalk/util'
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/irons/src/netatalk/libatalk'
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=link asp/libasp.la atp/libatp.la nbp/libnbp.la
adouble/libadouble.la dsi/libdsi.la util/libutil.la compat/libcompat.la
netddp/libnetddp.la asp/libasp.la -o libatalk.a
libtool: link: warning: `-l' and `-L' are ignored for archives
rm -fr /libatalk.ax
mkdir /libatalk.ax
mkdir: cannot create directory `/libatalk.ax': Permission denied
make[3]: *** [libatalk.a] Error 255
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/irons/src/netatalk/libatalk'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/irons/src/netatalk/libatalk'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/irons/src/netatalk'
make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2
--

Is it really trying to create a directory at the root level of the system? I can't figure how that would fly anywhere. I'm having enough trouble with this process that I'm disinclined to run make as root unless it's absolutely necessary.

Much obliged for the help.

-nat



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