On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 13:50:29 -0400, Dan Espen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: 

> Dan Espen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> "Glaser, Ben I" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> > I'm trying to install on Solaris 8.  I get the following when
>> > running a make.
>> >
>> > "make: Fatal error in reader: Makefile, line 333: Badly formed
>> > macro assignment Current working directory
>> > /var/tmp/fvwm-2.5.10/debian
>> > *** Error code 1
>> > make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `install-recursive'
>> >
>> > Any ideas?
>>
>> The Makefile in the debian directory is broken.  You can avoid it
>> by changing the Makefile in the top directory.  Remove debian from
>> the list assigned to SUBDIR.
>>
>>
>> At least these 2 lines in debian/Makefile.am are gnumake only:
>>
>> arch ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_BUILD_ARCH) fullinstdir ?=
>> $(shell cd $(top_srcdir) && pwd)/$(instdir)

> Since I don't have a debian system I'll let someone else fix this.
> It looks like '=' and backticks will work.

        If you do have a Debian system, apt-get source fvwm will give
 you a working ./debian directory, integrated into the Debian
 menusystem, and with maintainer script hooks to allow for smooth
 upgrades from older Debian releases.

        manoj
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