Re: automake compile problems

2018-05-30 Thread Andy Armstrong
Hi Eric, This is on USS (Unix System Services part of an IBM Mainframe). Make is indeed the version shipped with the vendor as seen below: make -V make - Version z/OS Shell and Utilities v2.3 Built-in Rules (cannot be changed): OS:=OPENMVS .IMPORT .IGNORE : ROOTDIR .MAKEFILES:makefile

Re: automake compile problems

2018-05-30 Thread Eric Blake
On 05/30/2018 11:12 AM, Andy Armstrong wrote: To give some context to what I am doing, here is the timeline: I did have Automake version 1.10, but my ultimate goal here is to compile the nano text editor, which requires at least automake 1.15 and autoconf 2.69. That's if you are modifying

Re: automake compile problems

2018-05-30 Thread Eric Blake
On 05/30/2018 02:23 PM, Andy Armstrong wrote: Hi Eric, [top-posting is a bit harder to read on a technical list, so I'll stick with the easier-to-read inline posting] That could well be a far better approach. I am not sure how to perform cross platform builds, especially taking into

Re: automake compile problems

2018-05-30 Thread Andy Armstrong
Hi Eric, That could well be a far better approach. I am not sure how to perform cross platform builds, especially taking into account the interesting platform uniqueness such as codepage etc. I have not used the 'make dist' argument before, but it would prerequisite that I chose the

Re: automake compile problems

2018-05-30 Thread Andy Armstrong
Hi Eric, Thank you for your continued support and patience here. I note you say : [top-posting is a bit harder to read on a technical list, so I'll stick with the easier-to-read inline posting] -- and I agree - but via hotmail I am not sure how to actually make it easier to respond inline,

automake compile problems

2018-05-30 Thread Andy Armstrong
Hi all, I want to compile version 1.16 of automake. I run ./configure, which creates the Makefile. I run 'make' which results in the following: automake-1.16: >make make: Makefile: line 3012: Warning -- FSUM9432 Duplicate entry [t/get-sysconf.sh] in target list make: Makefile: line 3012:

Re: automake compile problems

2018-05-30 Thread Eric Blake
On 05/30/2018 04:07 AM, Andy Armstrong wrote: Hi all, I want to compile version 1.16 of automake. On which system? I run ./configure, which creates the Makefile. I run 'make' which results in the following: automake-1.16: >make make: Makefile: line 3012: Warning -- FSUM9432 Duplicate

Re: automake compile problems

2018-05-30 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Wed, 30 May 2018, Eric Blake wrote: On 05/30/2018 04:07 AM, Andy Armstrong wrote: Hi all, I want to compile version 1.16 of automake. On which system? Must be IBM, and perhaps z/OS: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.3.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r3.bpxa800/fsum9432.htm Bob --