Frustrated Building CVS on Tru64 UNIX ver 5.1a

[Terry Spafford]

I'm sorry to keep sending this; but I'm just at my wits end. I've been 
trying to build the CVS source tarball (The one available on the 
downloads page) and it isn't building at all. :< I'm trying to install 
it on a Compaq Alpha running Tru64 UNIX ver 5.1a.

I noticed that when I ran the make, it warned me that it could not find 
the suffix file but it seemed to complete normally otherwise.

But when I try to do the make install ; when I get to the contrib 
directory I get the following error:
Making install in doc
/bin/sh ../mkinstalldirs /usr/local/info
 .././install-sh -c -m 644 ./cvs.info /usr/local/info/cvs.info
 .././install-sh -c -m 644 ./cvs.info-1 /usr/local/info/cvs.info-1
 .././install-sh -c -m 644 ./cvs.info-2 /usr/local/info/cvs.info-2
 .././install-sh -c -m 644 ./cvs.info-3 /usr/local/info/cvs.info-3
 .././install-sh -c -m 644 ./cvs.info-4 /usr/local/info/cvs.info-4
 .././install-sh -c -m 644 ./cvs.info-5 /usr/local/info/cvs.info-5
 .././install-sh -c -m 644 ./cvs.info-6 /usr/local/info/cvs.info-6
 .././install-sh -c -m 644 ./cvs.info-7 /usr/local/info/cvs.info-7
 .././install-sh -c -m 644 ./cvs.info-8 /usr/local/info/cvs.info-8
 .././install-sh -c -m 644 ./cvs.info-9 /usr/local/info/cvs.info-9
 .././install-sh -c -m 644 ./cvsclient.info /usr/local/info/cvsclient.info
 .././install-sh -c -m 644 ./cvsclient.info-1 
/usr/local/info/cvsclient.info-1
 .././install-sh -c -m 644 ./cvsclient.info-2 
/usr/local/info/cvsclient.info-2
 .././install-sh -c -m 644 ./cvsclient.info-3 
/usr/local/info/cvsclient.info-3
Making install in contrib
/bin/sh ../mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/cvs/contrib
 .././install-sh -c -m 644 README /usr/local/share/cvs/contrib/README
 .././install-sh -c -m 644 intro.doc /usr/local/share/cvs/contrib/intro.doc
/bin/sh ../mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/cvs/contrib
 .././install-sh -c clmerge /usr/local/share/cvs/contrib/clmerge
 .././install-sh -c cln_hist /usr/local/share/cvs/contrib/cln_hist
 .././install-sh -c commit_prep /usr/local/share/cvs/contrib/commit_prep
 .././install-sh -c cvs2vendor /usr/local/share/cvs/contrib/cvs2vendor
 .././install-sh -c cvs_acls /usr/local/share/cvs/contrib/cvs_acls
 .././install-sh -c cvscheck /usr/local/share/cvs/contrib/cvscheck
 .././install-sh -c debug_check_log 
/usr/local/share/cvs/contrib/debug_check_log
 .././install-sh -c log /usr/local/share/cvs/contrib/log
 .././install-sh -c log_accum /usr/local/share/cvs/contrib/log_accum
 .././install-sh -c mfpipe /usr/local/share/cvs/contrib/mfpipe
 .././install-sh -c rcs-to-cvs /usr/local/share/cvs/contrib/rcs-to-cvs
 .././install-sh -c rcs2log /usr/local/share/cvs/contrib/rcs2log
 .././install-sh -c rcslock /usr/local/share/cvs/contrib/rcslock
 .././install-sh -c sccs2rcs /usr/local/share/cvs/contrib/sccs2rcs
# FIXME - this path should be determined dynamically from bindir
#: No such file or directory
*** Exit 1
Stop.
*** Exit 1
Stop.
*** Exit 1
Stop.

Does anyone have any advice as to what can I do to get around this problem?

Note that the Alpha systems I'm installing CVS onto do not need to hold 
any repositories; they primarily just need to be able to checkout and 
commit changes and do diffs with code located in a central repository on 
a Linux box.

(Also in the previous mention, I mentionned something about seeing 
'autoheader' missing.... I've since installed the Automake stuff also 
from the webpage and it seems to have taken on that system even though 
it also complained about missing Suffix files. Since then, after doing a 
make distclean on the CVS code and trying again, I haven't noticed the 
autoheader warning any more

At the same time, in his response to my first mention of this problem, 
Larry Jones mentionned a "noautomake.sh" script. I checked through the 
CVS tarball and I could not find it; does anyone know where it is in 
case I need it some time later? (Saves me from sending another message 
at least; not that that would stop me. *G*)

--
Terry Spafford
Software Engineer
Global Weather Dynamics Inc
Monterey, California, USA
address@hidden
www.gwdi.com