[Mingw-users] Unable to compile software using MinGW and MSYS

[Denis K. <d.v...@gm...>]

Hi all,

I'm trying to compile autoconf-2.64 using MinGW and MSYS, but am
unable to proceed past configure and/or make errors. I've used
automated MinGW installer to install first current, then previous
versions MinGW. Also, I've tried installing both current and previous
version of MSYS. The main problem is that configure errors are not
consistent. Here are three *subsequent* runs of configure, each with a
slightly different error:


dkobozev@DK-DESKTOP ~/build
$ ../autoconf-2.64/configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether /bin/sh -n is known to work... yes
checking for characters that cannot appear in file names... \\"<>*?|
checking whether directories can have trailing spaces... no
checking for expr... /bin/expr
checking for GNU M4 that supports accurate traces... /bin/m4
checking whether /bin/m4 accepts --gnu... yes
checking how m4 supports trace files... --debugfile
checking for perl... /d/Perl/bin/perl
checking for emacs... no
checking for xemacs... no
checking for emacs... no
checking where .elc files should go... ${datadir}/emacs/site-lisp
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking whether make is case sensitive... yes
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating tests/Makefile
mkdir: cannot create directory `': No such file or directory
mkdir: cannot create directory `': No such file or directory
./config.status: line 1: 171904 Broken pipe             sed
"$ac_sed_extra" '../     autoconf-2.64/tests/Makefile.in'
config.status: error: could not create tests/Makefile


dkobozev@DK-DESKTOP ~/build
$ ../autoconf-2.64/configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether /bin/sh -n is known to work... yes
checking for characters that cannot appear in file names... \\"<>*?|
checking whether directories can have trailing spaces... no
checking for expr... /bin/expr
checking for GNU M4 that supports accurate traces... /bin/m4
checking whether /bin/m4 accepts --gnu... yes
checking how m4 supports trace files... --debugfile
checking for perl... /d/Perl/bin/perl
checking for emacs... no
checking for xemacs... no
checking for emacs... no
checking where .elc files should go... ${datadir}/emacs/site-lisp
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking whether make is case sensitive... yes
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating tests/Makefile
config.status: creating tests/atlocal
config.status: creating man/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/emacs/Makefile
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating doc/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/Autom4te/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/autoscan/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/m4sugar/Makefile
./config.status: line 1: 172688 Broken pipe             sed
"$ac_sed_extra" '../     autoconf-2.64/lib/m4sugar/Makefile.in'
config.status: error: could not create lib/m4sugar/Makefile


dkobozev@DK-DESKTOP ~/build
$ ../autoconf-2.64/configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether /bin/sh -n is known to work... yes
checking for characters that cannot appear in file names... \\"<>*?|
checking whether directories can have trailing spaces... no
checking for expr... /bin/expr
checking for GNU M4 that supports accurate traces... /bin/m4
checking whether /bin/m4 accepts --gnu... yes
checking how m4 supports trace files... --debugfile
checking for perl... /d/Perl/bin/perl
checking for emacs... no
checking for xemacs... no
checking for emacs... no
checking where .elc files should go... ${datadir}/emacs/site-lisp
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking whether make is case sensitive... yes
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating tests/Makefile
mkdir: cannot create directory `': No such file or directory
mkdir: cannot create directory `': No such file or directory
config.status: creating tests/atlocal
config.status: creating man/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/emacs/Makefile
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating doc/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/Makefile
mkdir: cannot create directory `': No such file or directory
mkdir: cannot create directory `': No such file or directory
config.status: creating lib/Autom4te/Makefile
mkdir: cannot create directory `': No such file or directory
mkdir: cannot create directory `': No such file or directory
config.status: creating lib/autoscan/Makefile
mkdir: cannot create directory `': No such file or directory
mkdir: cannot create directory `': No such file or directory
config.status: creating lib/m4sugar/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/autoconf/Makefile
config.status: creating lib/autotest/Makefile
config.status: creating bin/Makefile
config.status: linking ../autoconf-2.64/GNUmakefile to GNUmakefile
config.status: executing tests/atconfig commands

As you can imagine, inconsistent errors make it very hard for me to
pinpoint the problem. I'm trying to compile under Windows XP SP3. What
could be causing this?

Best,
Denis.