On Fri, Nov 21, 2025, 13:34 Gilles Sadowski <[email protected]> wrote:

> Le ven. 21 nov. 2025 à 19:23, Gary Gregory <[email protected]> a
> écrit :
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 21, 2025, 13:17 Gilles Sadowski <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Le ven. 21 nov. 2025 à 15:39, Mark Thomas <[email protected]> a écrit :
> > > >
> > > > On 21/11/2025 12:24, Gilles Sadowski wrote:
> > > > > Le ven. 21 nov. 2025 à 09:28, Mark Thomas <[email protected]> a
> écrit :
> > > > >>
> > > > >> On 21/11/2025 01:10, Gilles Sadowski wrote:
> > > > >>> Hi.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Blocked at the second step of "src/native/unix/INSTALL.txt":
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> $ cd src/native/unix
> > > > >>> $ sh support/buildconf.sh
> > > > >>
> > > > >> The above step is only necessary if building from a git checkout.
> > > > >
> > > > > Aren't we supposed to do that (i.e. build *everything*) as part
> > > > > of the review procedure?
> > > >
> > > > You built Windows from the src zip so I assumed you used the tarball
> for
> > > > Linux. I was just pointing out if you had, that step wasn't required.
> > >
> > > ?
> > > I don't build anything on "Windows".
> > >
> > > > If you want to check the build directly from a checkout then you are
> of
> > > > course free to do so.
> > >
> > > I don't want to claim that I built that component if I didn't...
> > > I must be missing something (I never tried to review this
> > > component, nor any other that requires compiling C code).
> > >
> > > > >> If
> > > > >> using the native-src bundle it is not necessary.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>> support/buildconf.sh: configure script generated successfully
> > > > >>> $ ./configure --with-java=/usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk-amd64/
> > > > >>> configure: error: cannot find install-sh, install.sh, or shtool
> in
> > > > >>> ./support "."/./support
> > > > >>
> > > > >> That looks like an environmental issue. configure (and subsequent
> > > build)
> > > > >> works as expected for me.
> > > > >
> > > > > OK. The message isn't necessarily clear for everyone (including
> > > > > people who did C programming a long time ago).
> > > > > Maybe the "INSTALL.txt" should list utilities that must be
> available
> > > > > so that we can tell apart issues?
> > > >
> > > > It does state Automake is required. Strictly it is Autotools (of
> which
> > > > automake is one). I can update that so it is clearer.
> > >
> > > $ dpkg -L autotools-dev
> > > /.
> > > /usr
> > > /usr/bin
> > > /usr/bin/dh_autotools-dev_restoreconfig
> > > /usr/bin/dh_autotools-dev_updateconfig
> > > /usr/share
> > > /usr/share/doc
> > > /usr/share/doc/autotools-dev
> > > /usr/share/doc/autotools-dev/NEWS.Debian.gz
> > > /usr/share/doc/autotools-dev/README.Debian.gz
> > > /usr/share/doc/autotools-dev/TODO
> > > /usr/share/doc/autotools-dev/changelog.Debian.gz
> > > /usr/share/doc/autotools-dev/changelog.gz
> > > /usr/share/doc/autotools-dev/copyright
> > > /usr/share/doc/autotools-dev/upstream.mail.template
> > > /usr/share/man
> > > /usr/share/man/man1
> > > /usr/share/man/man1/dh_autotools-dev_restoreconfig.1.gz
> > > /usr/share/man/man1/dh_autotools-dev_updateconfig.1.gz
> > > /usr/share/misc
> > > /usr/share/misc/config.guess
> > > /usr/share/misc/config.sub
> > > /usr/share/perl5
> > > /usr/share/perl5/Debian
> > > /usr/share/perl5/Debian/Debhelper
> > > /usr/share/perl5/Debian/Debhelper/Sequence
> > > /usr/share/perl5/Debian/Debhelper/Sequence/autotools_dev.pm
> > >
> > > So, package "autotools-dev" is installed.
> > >
> > > $ uname -a
> > > Linux eccen 5.10.0-32-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.223-1 (2024-08-10)
> > > x86_64 GNU/Linux
> > > $ ./configure
> > > configure: error: cannot find install-sh, install.sh, or shtool in
> > > ./support "."/./support
> > >
> >
> > Are you in the same folder INSTALL.txt is?
> > That's where you must be to run
> >
> > sh support/buildconf.sh
> > And
> > ./configure
> > And
> > make
> >
> > HTH,
>
> Thanks, but it doesn't; I am in that directory (as noted earlier in
> this thread).
> The second command (not the first) fails.
>

OK, do you have gcc and make installed.

Gary


> Regards,
> Gilles
>
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