bugmake - Bugs: bug #27437, Problems with make in a directory...

 
 

bug #27437: Problems with make in a directory with present Makefiles. make does not function.

Submitted by:  None
Submitted on:  Sun 13 Sep 2009 08:23:40 PM UTC  
 
Severity: 3 - NormalItem Group: Bug
Status: Not A BugPrivacy: Public
Assigned to: NoneOpen/Closed: Closed
Component Version: 3.81Operating System: Any
Fixed Release: NoneTriage Status: None

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Mon 14 Sep 2009 09:31:34 PM UTC, comment #5:

As Philip suggested on the mailing list (which, as I already mentioned, is the RIGHT place to ask these questions and NOT in the bug tracker), you should read the README and/or INSTALL files that come with your software package. Apparently the snort developers leave this in the "doc" subdirectory instead of the root directory, like almost all other software packages.

As Martin says, neither makefile.am nor makefile.in are real makefiles.

The short answer as to what you should do next, besides "Read the Fine README/INSTALL files", is "run ./configure".

The other short answer is, "this is in no way a bug in, or problem with, make". You should ask on the snort mailing lists for help with building snort, not on the GNU make mailing lists (and definitely not on the bug tracker).

Paul D. Smith <psmith>
Project Administrator
Mon 14 Sep 2009 08:43:16 PM UTC, comment #4:

Aarrrggghhh.... what am I doing wrong??? How do I get the proper Makefile?

Terje Lea <aetixintro>
Mon 14 Sep 2009 08:40:03 PM UTC, comment #3:

Neither makefile.am nor Makefile.in are usually makefiles. makefile.am is, as I understand it from eg the first google match for that file's name, used to generate Makefile.in. Makefile.in is used, as I understand it from eg the second google match for that file's name, to generate Makefile.

Martin Dorey <mdorey>
Mon 14 Sep 2009 08:24:08 PM UTC, comment #2:

aetixintro@aetixintro-desktop:/usr/src/snort-2.8.4$ ls
aclocal.m4 configure.in LICENSE missing snort-2.8.4
ChangeLog contrib ltmain.sh mkinstalldirs snort.8
config.guess COPYING m4 preproc_rules src
config.h.in doc makefile.am RELEASE.NOTES templates
config.log etc Makefile.am rpm verstuff.pl
config.sub install-sh makefile.in rules ylwrap
configure libtool Makefile.in schemas

Directly into:

aetixintro@aetixintro-desktop:/usr/src/snort-2.8.4$ sudo make
[sudo] password for aetixintro:
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.

Continuing with:

aetixintro@aetixintro-desktop:/usr/src/snort-2.8.4$ sudo make -f makefile.am
perl /verstuff.pl
Can't open perl script "/verstuff.pl": No such file or directory
make: *** [dist-hook] Error 2

aetixintro@aetixintro-desktop:/usr/src/snort-2.8.4$ sudo make -f Makefile.am -f Makefile.in
Makefile.in:15: *** missing separator. Stop.

At this point I don't know what to do! Renew files? Purge make?

I'm not trying to make you look stupid or anything! I hope this new information makes it more clear. If there is something more to add, please just ask.

Anonymous
Mon 14 Sep 2009 01:31:57 AM UTC, comment #1:

There is little we can say about this with the information you've provided, but I'm fairly confident it is NOT a bug in GNU make. The first error means that there was no GNUMakefile, Makefile, or makefile in your directory. The second error means that the "Makefile.in" file is not a valid makefile (due to an incorrect line #15).

I recommend you post on either -unavailable- or bug-make@gnu.org, and include a LOT more details about exactly what you're trying to do. This kind of help isn't appropriate for a bug tracking system.

Paul D. Smith <psmith>
Project Administrator
Sun 13 Sep 2009 08:23:40 PM UTC, original submission:

I'm using the Ubuntu 9.04 and I have been renewing "make" with apt-get install as late as 13. September, 2009.

What is going on?

Here are some of the terminal print:
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.

Makefile.in:15: *** missing separator. Stop.

I hope you can do something.

Anonymous

 

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