Below is a repost of the message I sent about the strange error message
I was getting when trying to build my project on CentOS. I am a software
developer and don't have time to compare distros. I am also not an
autotools expert. The autotools files in my project were lmade by
others. It builds on everything except CentOS. I also don't have the
time to build a simple test case. That would probably be time-consuming.
The only thing I can do is explain how to reproduce the error. However,
this would be time-consuming for anyone trying to do so. Sorry, I think
I will just have to move to another distro, even Cygwin, for C
development. That is a shame, because Centos is great in other respects.
----- Forwarded message from "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -----
Subject: Strange autotools error
From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 00:08:09 -0500
To: centos@xxxxxxxxxx
I am using CentOS 5.6, autoconf 2.59 and automake 1.9.6. I run an
autogen script which cleans all autotools files and then installs new
ones. If the appliction has no dependencies running configure, make and
make install works fine. However if it has dependencies I get the
messages "Creating Makefile" and "Could not find input file Makefile".
I've herd that I need another development package. What is it? Or what
causes these contradictory messages?
I must say that I have encountered this sort of problem only on CentOS.
Thanks,
John
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John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities
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John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities
----- End forwarded message -----
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John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities
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