Hi Bob,
Thanks for reporting that.
It seems to be a bug that's still in the current sources.
In fileutils-4.1/src/Makefile, I see this:
INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM = $${INSTALL} -s
which eventually expands to just ` -s' and produces the
symptom Bob noted below.
The problem comes from automake's
Resubmitting this patch, since there was no reply.
This problem is causing significant difficulty for the gstreamer project:
we're being asked several times a day why automake goes to in excess of
150Mb when building the makefile.ins for our project.
I also attach a patch against automake
Hello, Jim!
I was the first to send the patch but your description is better.
2001-04-30 Jim Meyering [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* automake.in: Remove `/lib' from include directory.
Applied.
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Regards,
Pavel Roskin