Re: [RP] Can't build CVS version

[Ryan Yeske]

Jesper Holmberg <address@hidden> writes:

> I have some problems building a newly checked out version of ratpoison.
> After getting the code, being in directory ratpoison, I run:
> 
> % aclocal
> % automake -a -c

You can run ./autogen.sh to do this.

> and I get the following errors:
> 
> automake: configure.in: installing `./install-sh'
>     error while copying
> 
> automake: configure.in: installing `./mkinstalldirs'
>     error while copying
> 
> automake: configure.in: installing `./missing'
>     error while copying
> 
> automake: configure.in: installing `./config.guess'
>     error while copying
> 
> automake: configure.in: installing `./config.sub'
>     error while copying
> 
> doc/Makefile.am:1: installing `doc/texinfo.tex'
>     error while copying
> 
> configure.in: 25: required file `src/config.h.in' not found
> 
> 
> What do I do wrong?

nothing.  i have seen this on machines with older autoconfiscation
tools.  it usually still generates the ./configure.  try running the
configure script and see what happens.

ryan