From: Ralf W. <Ral...@gm...> - 2006-08-30 07:34:36
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Hello Keith, * Keith Hutchison wrote on Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 09:29:42AM CEST: > > I'm having problems compiling libpqxx on a winxp machine using msys/mingw. > > sh-2.04$ ./configure > 1.0 > checking for a BSD-compatible install... /bin/install -c > configure: error: ls -t appears to fail. Make sure there is not a broken > alias in your environment > configure: error: newly created file is older than distributed files! > Check your system clock > sed: 1: "s/^/([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9...": bad flag in substitute command: ')' > sed: 1: "/dev/fs/C/msys/1.0/^[_ab...": invalid command code f Those errors are probably from Autoconf and Automake macros. Which versions of these tools were used? The commands ./configure --version head Makefile.in should reveal this. It may be helpful to see the exact package you have tried. Could you provide a URL to it? > > configure: error: ls -t appears to fail. > ls -t works from the shell so what alias would it be pointing to Could be messed up time stamps in the tarball. Or a wrong system time. > >configure: error: newly created file is older than distributed files! > >Check your system clock > Any ideas what file does this refers to? See above. > >sed: 1: "s/^/([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9...": bad flag in substitute command: ')' > Any ideas what the bad flag is? Looks like a broken sed script to me; but I need to see the code to find out where it comes from. > >sed: 1: "/dev/fs/C/msys/1.0/^[_ab...": invalid command code f > Any ideas why f is a invalid command code? Likewise. Cheers, Ralf |