On 05/22/2014 08:04 PM, Gerhard Erker 1 wrote: > Hello, > > When compiling xorg-applications I received the following error: > > test -z "/usr/lib/X11/xperfcomp" || /bin/mkdir -p > "/usr/lib/X11/x11perfcomp" > /bin/mkdir: cannot create directory '/usr/lib/X11': Too many levels of > symbolic links > Makefile: 477: recipe for target 'install-dist_x11perfcompSCRIPTS' failed > *** [install-dist_x11perfcompSCRIPTS] Error 1 > leaving directory '/sources/xc/app/x11perf-1.5.4' > Makefile: 878: recipe for target 'install-am' failed > *** [install-am] Error 2 > leaving directory '/sources/xc/app/x11perf-1.5.4 > Makefile: 558: recipe for target 'install-recursive' failed > make *** (install-recursive] Error 1 > > All other xorg-applications compile without any problem. Can anyone say > what mistake I made? > > Thanks for your help > > Gerhard Erker
You ran the command on the Xorg Libraries page that was meant to be ran only if prefix is NOT /usr. Remove /usr/lib/X11 (which should be a symlink to itself) and rebuild Xorg applications. -- Note: My last name is not Krejzi. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
