I am trying to compile and install fvwm version 2.5.7 on Slackware 9.0 and I got the following error messages during the install. The build went fine though.
=============================== /bin/sh ../mkinstalldirs /usr/X11R6/bin /usr/bin/ginstall -c fvwm /usr/X11R6/bin/fvwm /bin/sh ../mkinstalldirs /usr/X11R6/share/fvwm /usr/bin/ginstall -c -m 644 ConfigFvwmDefaults /usr/X11R6/share/fvwm/ConfigFvwmDefaults /usr/bin/ginstall -c -m 644 ConfigFvwmSetup /usr/X11R6/share/fvwm/ConfigFvwmSetup /bin/sh ../mkinstalldirs /usr/X11R6/man/man1 /usr/bin/ginstall -c -m 644 ./fvwm.1 /usr/X11R6/man/man1/fvwm.1 /usr/bin/ginstall: cannot stat `/usr/X11R6/man/man1/fvwm.1': Too many levels of symbolic links make[2]: *** [install-man1] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/source/fvwm-2.5.7/fvwm' make[1]: *** [install-am] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/source/fvwm-2.5.7/fvwm' make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 =============================== The file "/usr/X11R6/man/man1/fvwm.1" is a symbolic link "fvwm2.1". And "fvwm2.1" was pointing to "fvwm.1" which is an infinitely recursive symbolic link. I deleted the links and the installation went fine. -- Subba Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Old American Wild West saying: God created men but Colt made them equal. Today: Linus created Linux and Linux made IT companies equal. -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
