problems with compiling after re-installing Debian...

[jarekp]

Debian /kernel 2.6.6

I've re-installed Debian after the HDD crash (Maxtor...)
and did the preparation the same way as I did it originally,
according to the cvs.tuxbox.com instructions.

I do have the all the modules loaded as required, as well.
I loaded the missing manually and the only difference is that
the gcc is 3.3 now, and not 3.0.

When I test if it works, by trying MAKE ALL,
all it does now (it worked before the crash) is this:


make: circular aclocal.m4 <- aclocal.m4 dependency dropped
make: *** No rule to make target `directories', needed by `core'. Stop.


I didn't do anything differently than before, while re-installing Linux
(I believe...) so I don't quite understand what went wrong this time.
The only difference is that I use a newer burned copy of
the off-the-net Debian installation, but it shouldn't be that different.

Any suggestions appreciated,

tia,

jarek

[Npq]

Did you check if the version numbers are OK?

Your automake/autoconf may be out of date.

[Maj0r]

Same Problem, gleiches Problem bei mir.
Ich verwende Debian-Sarge.

Automake und autoconf hab ich jetzt aus unstable und es sollten daher die aktuellsten Versionen sein.

automake: 1.4-p4
autoconf: 2.59

Gibt es irgendwo eine Übersicht, welche Pakete man mindestens benötigt und welche Versionsnummer genutzt werden kann ?

[jarekp]

Bingo!

When re-installing Debian, I went different FTP site for the source structure and that might have been the difference!
I've noticed that now my automake was 1.4 !!!

I've removed it, installed a 1.8 package from another ftp,
redone the prep from ./configure

and I'm back in business. That was it. Big Thanks NPQ

jarek

[Maj0r]

Da war mein vorheriger Beitrag etwas zu schnell.

Per Debian ist das aktuellste Paket im UNSTABLE-Bereich 1.4.
Ich hab jetzt automake direkt von http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/automake.html gezogen (1.8.5) und gebaut und nun gehts .

[Npq]

Indeed, Automake 1.4 is too old.

A while ago we put the proxy dependencies into its own directory ".deps" and that's obviously something that only Automake >= 1.5 can handle.

I use Debian and Gentoo myself so I can vouch for both of them .

It's not true that 1.4 is the most recent for unstable, you can also select 1.7. You just have to tell Debian what you're going to use: take a look at the manual page of "update-alternatives" for that (same in Gentoo with the exported variable WANT_AUTOMAKE).