Re: [avrdude-dev] Still having @WINDOWS_DIRS@ problem

[Wouter van Gulik]

Eric Weddington wrote:
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> > rg] On Behalf Of Wouter van Gulik
> > Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 6:53 AM
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> > Subject: [avrdude-dev] Still having @WINDOWS_DIRS@ problem
> >
> > Hello list,
> >
> > I am trying to build avrdude from CVS using Ubuntu 7.04.
> > Ubuntu comes with automake 1.10, autoconf 2.61
> > First of all I patched the bootstrap routine so it takes the newer
> > version of the auto* tools.
> > But during make it gives:
> >
> > Making all in @WINDOWS_DIRS@
> > /bin/bash: line 17: cd: @WINDOWS_DIRS@: No such file or directory
> > make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/wouter/dev/avrdude/avrdude'
> > make: *** [all] Error 2
> >
> > I searched the mailing list for a solution but I could not find any
> > (apart from the pre-build for 5.2). There is supposed to be
> > bug report,
> > but I can find it either.
> > Is there an easy solution? I am pretty noob concerning
> > automake/autoconf
> > so I am not eager to start editing the script files (if I new which..)
> > Should I file a bug report? Before someone ask me to do so because
> > e-mails have a tendency to get lost ;)
> >     
>
> LOL! Well, at least you have the policy down... :-)
>
> It would be nice if you could try to build avrdude from CVS *without*
> modifying bootstrap using the older versions of the autotools. If you still
> get an error during make, then that would need a bug report as the current
> CVS is supposed to work that way.
>
> Alternatively, if you could get avrdude working with the new autotools, then
> that would be worthy of an item in the *Patch Tracker* so we can update
> avrdude to the new versions!
>
> Eric
>
>
>   
Ok, after I googled some more i found a patch for pld linux. see: 
http://lists.pld-linux.org/mailman/pipermail/pld-cvs-commit/Week-of-Mon-20070402/151078.html

I can't find the patch, so I simply applied the relevant part by hand.
Don't now what&why, but it works! I have build avrdude version 5.4cvs 
and it talks to my STK500!

I can not build on cygwin on the moment so I can not check if the 
windows build is broken, I also do not know if building with older 
versions of auto* are broken. Could one of you test it?

If this patch works you probably need to send credits to the folks at 
pld-linux.org. I am not affiliated, I do not even know what it is...

HTH,

Wouter