Re: ./prepare asks for ./config.guess and config.sub

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

On Wednesday 08 June 2005 04:33 am, Ga=EBl Varoquaux wrote:
>   I am being very stupid but the prepare script from the CVS asks from
> two file it cannot find :
>=20
> automake: configure.in: required file `../config.guess' not found
> automake: configure.in: required file `../config.sub' not found

This is a problem with certain versions of automake/autoconf.
I never figured out exactly which versions.  But the work-around
is=20
	touch config.guess
	touch config.sub

I.e., it doesn't matter what's in the files, just that they exist.
I reported this as a configuration bug quite a while back.
=20
>    I also find it strange that, if you don't give a --prefix=3Dfoobar, you
> need root permission to make (and not make install). "make" should never
> need root permission.

Yes, I've been griping about this for ages as well.
The lisp subsystem is totally broken for non-root builds.
I *hope* I've fixed this at least in the case that you specify
	 ./configure --without-lisp-files
But I keep on finding more annoying lisp intrusions.

Note to everyone: =20
Is there any strong reason to keep --with-lisp-files as the default?
To me it is just a continual annoyance, because I keep
forgetting to disable it before building on a new system.

=2D-=20
Ethan A Merritt       merritt@u.washington.edu
Biomolecular Structure Center
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University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195