Re: error: installing './INSTALL'; error while making link: File exists

2019-09-01 Thread Bruce Korb
$suppress = 0; > > $trailer = "\nerror while copying"; > > } > > - Dan > > > > On Sat, Aug 31, 2019 at 5:17 PM Bruce Korb wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Googling doesn't get me

Re: error: installing './INSTALL'; error while making link: File exists

2019-09-01 Thread Bruce Korb
> Googling doesn't get me any answers and I cannot rebuild until > > autoreconf is gotten working. > > The embedded autoreconf step that fails is automake. I have no idea at > > all what the message is really trying to say. Help, please? > > > > $ automake --a

Re: error: installing './INSTALL'; error while making link: File exists

2019-08-31 Thread Dan Kegel
Aug 31, 2019 at 5:17 PM Bruce Korb wrote: > > Hi, > > Googling doesn't get me any answers and I cannot rebuild until > autoreconf is gotten working. > The embedded autoreconf step that fails is automake. I have no idea at > all what the message is really trying to say. Help, plea

error: installing './INSTALL'; error while making link: File exists

2019-08-31 Thread Bruce Korb
lling './INSTALL'; error while making link: File exists doc/Makefile.am:71: warning: call gen_man,gnu-pw-mgr,opts.def: non-POSIX variable name doc/Makefile.am:71: (probably a GNU make extension) doc/Makefile.am:80: warning: call gen_man,sort-pw-cfg,sort-opts.def: non-POSIX va riable name doc