Re: Problems executing ./prepare

[Ethan A M. <merritt@u.washington.edu>]

On Wednesday 15 March 2006 05:16 am, Hans-Bernhard Br=F6ker wrote:
> Caroline Williams wrote:
> > When I execute prepare I get the following errors:
> >=20
> > automake: configure.in: required file `../config.guess' not found
> > automake: configure.in: required file `../config.sub' not found

The linux kernel version is not relevant here.

> You need at least automake 1.7.5 or so, but you should really do=20
> yourself a favour and the current one: 1.9.6.

Yes, it's a known automake problem.
I think I was still seeing those errors with automake 1.8.something.

=46ortunately, the work-around is simple.
In the directory where this failure occurred, do
	touch ../config.guess
	touch ../config.sub
and run "make" again.  This time it will work.

=2D-=20
Ethan A Merritt
Biomolecular Structure Center
University of Washington, Seattle 98195-7742