On Sun, 16 Sep 2001, Mark Hill wrote:
>
> Hi,
> before I start moaning, I want to say thanks to the makers for doing
> bbconf 1.0 :-)
>
> Okay, I'm trying to compile bbconf 1.0 from source on a slackware 8.0
> system.
> ./configure finishes with no errors, but make always returns with the
> following error:
> ---
>
> cd . \
> && CONFIG_FILES=Makefile CONFIG_HEADERS= /bin/sh ./config.status
> creating Makefile
> cd . && autoheader
> autoheader: error: shell error while sourcing /tmp/ah29190/traces.sh
> make: *** [stamp-h.in] Error 1
>
> ---
>
> stamp-h.in just has the word 'timestamp' in it and nothing else.
>
>
> Does anyone know a way to solve this issue?
>
> Thanks.
> Mark.
>
I'm running Slackware 8.0, and I had the same problem. It's due to the
broke-ass autoconf/automake/autoheader system. Move (or delete) these files
from /usr/bin:
aclocal
autoconf
automake
autoheader
Then try the ./configure and make again. It should work just fine.
--gile
