Re: building latest gnustep-make : failure ...

[Germán Arias]

Hi,

Have you tried "make" and then "make install"? GNUstep don't use makefiles, 
uses GNUmakefiles.

Germán

On 2014-10-30 00:02:44 -0600 Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh@sdf.org> wrote:

> hello,
> 
> i am trying to make gnustep-make and install it on my fresh netbsd 6.1.5 
> amd64 installation
> using the lastest source from gnustep.org and invoking configure with the 
> following options;
> ./configure --prefix=/usr/pkg --with-layout=fhs
> 
> the output of that invocation is as below;
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
> checking whether the C compiler works... yes
> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
> checking for suffix of executables... checking for suffix of object files... o
> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
> checking for g++... g++
> checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
> checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
> checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
> checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
> checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-netbsd6.1.5
> checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-netbsd6.1.5
> checking target system type... x86_64-unknown-netbsd6.1.5
> checking for library combo... gnu-gnu-gnu
> checking for apple compiler flags... yes
> checking for ar... ar
> checking for dlltool... no
> checking for ranlib... ranlib
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking if 'install -p' works... yes
> checking if we should use 'install -p' when installing files... yes
> checking whether ln -s works... yes
> checking for gnutar... no
> checking for gtar... no
> checking for chown... chown
> checking if we should enable strict gnustep-make version 2 mode by default... 
> no
> checking for GNUstep filesystem layout to use... fhs
> checking if we manage to import the filesystem layout configuration... ok
> checking for prefix... /usr/pkg
> checking for GNUstep configuration file to use... 
> /usr/pkg/etc/GNUstep/GNUstep.conf
> checking if we should import an existing configuration file... no
> checking for user config file to use... .GNUstep.conf
> checking if the obsolete --with-user-dir option was used... no: good
> checking for user defaults dir to use... GNUstep/Defaults
> checking for GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES to use... /usr/pkg/share/GNUstep/Makefiles
> checking for flattened directory structure... yes
> configure: Now printing the filesystem layout configuration.
> checking for System Applications directory... 
> /usr/pkg/lib/GNUstep/Applications
> checking for System Admin Applications directory... 
> /usr/pkg/lib/GNUstep/Applications
> checking for System Web Applications directory... 
> /usr/pkg/lib/GNUstep/WebApplications
> checking for System Tools directory... /usr/pkg/bin
> checking for System Admin Tools directory... /usr/pkg/sbin
> checking for System Library directory... /usr/pkg/lib/GNUstep
> checking for System Headers directory... /usr/pkg/include
> checking for System Libraries directory... /usr/pkg/lib
> checking for System Documentation directory... 
> /usr/pkg/share/GNUstep/Documentation
> checking for System Info Documentation directory... /usr/pkg/share/info
> checking for System Man Documentation directory... /usr/pkg/share/man
> checking for Network Applications directory... 
> /usr/pkg/lib/GNUstep/Applications
> checking for Network Admin Applications directory... 
> /usr/pkg/lib/GNUstep/Applications
> checking for Network Web Applications directory... 
> /usr/pkg/lib/GNUstep/WebApplications
> checking for Network Tools directory... /usr/pkg/bin
> checking for Network Admin Tools directory... /usr/pkg/sbin
> checking for Network Library directory... /usr/pkg/lib/GNUstep
> checking for Network Headers directory... /usr/pkg/include
> checking for Network Libraries directory... /usr/pkg/lib
> checking for Network Documentation directory... 
> /usr/pkg/share/GNUstep/Documentation
> checking for Network Info Documentation directory... /usr/pkg/share/info
> checking for Network Man Documentation directory... /usr/pkg/share/man
> checking for Local Applications directory... /usr/pkg/lib/GNUstep/Applications
> checking for Local Admin Applications directory... 
> /usr/pkg/lib/GNUstep/Applications
> checking for Local Web Applications directory... 
> /usr/pkg/lib/GNUstep/WebApplications
> checking for Local Tools directory... /usr/pkg/bin
> checking for Local Admin Tools directory... /usr/pkg/sbin
> checking for Local Library directory... /usr/pkg/lib/GNUstep
> checking for Local Headers directory... /usr/pkg/include
> checking for Local Libraries directory... /usr/pkg/lib
> checking for Local Documentation directory... 
> /usr/pkg/share/GNUstep/Documentation
> checking for Local Info Documentation directory... /usr/pkg/share/info
> checking for Local Man Documentation directory... /usr/pkg/share/man
> checking for User Applications directory... GNUstep/Applications
> checking for User Admin Applications directory... GNUstep/Applications/Admin
> checking for User Web Applications directory... GNUstep/WebApplications
> checking for User Tools directory... GNUstep/Tools
> checking for User Admin Tools directory... GNUstep/Tools/Admin
> checking for User Library directory... GNUstep/Library
> checking for User Headers directory... GNUstep/Library/Headers
> checking for User Libraries directory... GNUstep/Library/Libraries
> checking for User Documentation directory... GNUstep/Library/Documentation
> checking for User Info Documentation directory... 
> GNUstep/Library/Documentation/info
> checking for User Man Documentation directory... 
> GNUstep/Library/Documentation/man
> checking for System User directory... /home
> checking for Network User directory... /home
> checking for Local User directory... /home
> checking for custom shared objc library... NONE
> checking for the flag to link libobjc... -lobjc
> checking whether objc has thread support... yes: -lpthread
> checking whether Objective-C++ is supported... no
> checking whether we should use the nonfragile ABI... not requested by user
> checking for the flag to use to do partial linking... -r
> checking for the GCC version... version: 4.5
> checking whether the compiler is clang... no
> checking whether the compiler supports native ObjC exceptions... yes
> checking if the compiler supports autodependencies... yes: gcc version is 4.5 
>  >= 3.0
> checking if the compiler supports precompiled headers... yes
> checking if the compiler requires -shared flag to build for Solaris... yes: 
> gcc version is 4.5 >= 4.0
> checking if we should enable 'make debug=yes' by default... no
> checking for gmake... gmake
> checking for the GNU Make version... version: 4.0
> checking for GNU Make >= 3.79... yes
> checking if GNU Make has the info function... yes
> checking if we should strip makefiles after installation... no
> checking if we should enable support for parallel building... yes
> checking for the version of gnustep-make we are compiling... 2.6.6
> checking for latex2html... no
> checking for bash... /bin/sh
> checking for test... /bin/test
> configure: creating ./config.status
> config.status: creating config-noarch.make
> config.status: creating config.make
> config.status: creating openapp
> config.status: creating opentool
> config.status: creating executable.template
> config.status: creating GNUmakefile
> config.status: creating GNUstep.conf
> config.status: creating GNUstep-strict-v2.conf
> config.status: creating GNUstep.sh
> config.status: creating GNUstep.csh
> config.status: creating fixpath.sh
> config.status: creating gnustep-make.spec
> config.status: creating gnustep-config
> config.status: creating TestFramework/gnustep-tests
> config.status: creating filesystem.make
> config.status: creating filesystem.sh
> config.status: creating filesystem.csh
> config.status: executing default commands
> 
> there is no Makefile being created.
> 
> i have installed all the mandatory pre-requisite stuff installed.
> 
> could someone please point me in the right direction?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> ~mayuresh
> 
> 
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