(Also worth noting that the NEWS file in nfs-utils is obsolete, and the README file has the wrong version number in it.) Installing osd_login would fail if $DESTDIR/sbin didn't exist. Get automake to do the installation, which'll fix this as a side-effect. diff -x config.log -x config.status -ru tmp/nfs-utils-1.2.6/utils/osd_login/Makefile.am work/nfs-utils-1.2.6/utils/osd_login/Makefile.am --- tmp/nfs-utils-1.2.6/utils/osd_login/Makefile.am 2012-05-14 15:40:52.000000000 +0100 +++ work/nfs-utils-1.2.6/utils/osd_login/Makefile.am 2012-05-26 22:25:17.890001662 +0100 @@ -1,12 +1,7 @@ ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in -OSD_LOGIN_FILES= osd_login +rootsbindir = /sbin -EXTRA_DIST= $(OSD_LOGIN_FILES) - -all-local: $(OSD_LOGIN_FILES) - -install-data-hook: - $(INSTALL) --mode 755 osd_login $(DESTDIR)/sbin/osd_login +rootsbin_SCRIPTS = osd_login MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in -- Adam Sampson <ats@xxxxxxxxx> <http://offog.org/> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html