On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Stephan Witt <st.w...@gmx.net> wrote: > Am 14.02.2014 um 10:28 schrieb Stephan Witt <st.w...@gmx.net>: > >> Am 14.02.2014 um 10:07 schrieb Liviu Andronic <landronim...@gmail.com>: >> >>> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Stephan Witt <st.w...@gmx.net> wrote: >>>> Am 14.02.2014 um 10:00 schrieb Liviu Andronic <landronim...@gmail.com>: >>>> >>>>> Dear all, >>>>> Well I've now confirmed what I long thought: LyX is a monster to >>>>> compile. I have a quickish: >>>>> - 64-bit >>>>> - 2x Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz >>>>> - 4GB of RAM >>>>> - 7200 rpm >>>>> >>>>> but compiling LyX still manages to make me impatient. >>>> >>>> Oh, well. >>>> >>> >>>> >>>> PS: Errors like "Makefile:3567: *** missing separator. Stop." >>>> are possibly caused by unresolved merge conflicts. >>>> >>> Which means...? Or more appropriately, how do I avoid that? I'm still >>> trying to find my way around the GIT wonderland. >> >> If this is the case (I don't know if this is your problem) I'd try >> $ git -f checkout -- to have a clean checkout and > > Sorry, it should be "git checkout -f" > Yes, I was doing this (as per Pavel's suggestion). But I also managed to get into a situation where the only thing that could ensure a clean environment was to delete all files but .git, and "git checkout -f <commit>".
>> $ sh autogen.sh -- to have the up-to-date configure >> Yup, doing this, too. >> And you should work with a separate build directory. >> What do you mean by that? Liviu >> Stephan > -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail