[bug #27437] Problems with make in a directory with present Makefiles. make does not function.

2009-09-14 Thread anonymous
Follow-up Comment #2, bug #27437 (project make): aetixin...@aetixintro-desktop:/usr/src/snort-2.8.4$ ls aclocal.m4configure.in LICENSE missingsnort-2.8.4 ChangeLog contrib ltmain.shmkinstalldirs snort.8 config.guess COPYING m4 preproc_rules src

[bug #27437] Problems with make in a directory with present Makefiles. make does not function.

2009-09-14 Thread Martin Dorey
Follow-up Comment #3, bug #27437 (project make): Neither makefile.am nor Makefile.in are usually makefiles. makefile.am is, as I understand it from eg the first google match for that file's name, used to generate Makefile.in. Makefile.in is used, as I understand it from eg the second google

[bug #27437] Problems with make in a directory with present Makefiles. make does not function.

2009-09-14 Thread Terje Lea
Follow-up Comment #4, bug #27437 (project make): Aarrrggghhh what am I doing wrong??? How do I get the proper Makefile? ___ Reply to this item at: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?27437 ___

Re: [bug #27437] Problems with make in a directory with present Makefiles. make does not function.

2009-09-14 Thread Philip Guenther
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 1:24 PM, anonymous invalid.nore...@gnu.org wrote: Follow-up Comment #2, bug #27437 (project make): aetixin...@aetixintro-desktop:/usr/src/snort-2.8.4$ ls Read doc/INSTALL for directions. In fact, scan most of the files in the doc directory for help. (I don't know why

[bug #27437] Problems with make in a directory with present Makefiles. make does not function.

2009-09-14 Thread Paul D. Smith
Follow-up Comment #5, bug #27437 (project make): As Philip suggested on the mailing list (which, as I already mentioned, is the RIGHT place to ask these questions and NOT in the bug tracker), you should read the README and/or INSTALL files that come with your software package. Apparently the