On 7/21/19 9:02 AM, Sean Letendre wrote: > I am trying to build. I have followed all of the instructions in > README-hacking > with success so far. But, once I actually run 'make', I see: > ====================================================================================== > CDPATH="${ZSH_VERSION+.}:" && cd . && /bin/bash > /home/sean/area51/coreutils/build-aux/missing aclocal-1.15 -I m4 > aclocal-1.15: error: aclocal: file 'm4/pthread.m4' does not exist > Makefile:6384: recipe for target 'aclocal.m4' failed > make: *** [aclocal.m4] Error 1 > ====================================================================================== > So, I took a look at 'm4/pthread.m4' and saw that it was a symlink to > 'gnulib/m4/pthread.m4'. > The problem is that 'm4/pthread.m4' does not exist in gnulib! > What should I do?
Hi Sean, the question is what steps exactly you performed. The easiest path thru README-hacking is: $ git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/coreutils $ cd coreutils $ ./bootstrap $ ./configure --quiet $ make $ make check Unfortunately, currently the latest step will fail due to a syntax-check failure (sc-avoid-builtin, I'll send a patch soon). Next interesting information: what platform are you on? OS, compiler, glibc (or other libc), etc. Have a nice day, Berny