Jan Depner <eviltwin69@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > More importantly though, something in the "make prefix=/usr configure" > destroys /dev/null on my system. At first I couldn't figure out what > was causing it because I was working on some other stuff but I tested it > and that is definitely the case. I did the configure as root because > the next step is make, make install, but that is no excuse for smoking > /dev/null. I think it's trying to redirect output to /dev/null > somewhere and it is replacing the character special device with a file > (at least that's what's left when it gets finished). It's easy for me > to fix since I've seen this kind of thing at work before with the FLEXLM > license manager (go figure - you pay cash money and it still frags your > system) but if a newbie does the build as root it's going to hose his > system and he won't be a happy camper. Someone needs to figure out > what's going on there and fix it. Sounds like it's time to convert to GNU autoconf and automake. They suck, but they don't destroy anyone's system. -- joq
