From: Junio C Hamano Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:21:37 GMT Subject: Re: git compile error on AIX Message-ID: <7v1vxe9hym.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <1226691918584-1499908.post@n2.nabble.com> Dinakar writes: > /usr/bin/getopt: Not a recognized flag: d > Usage: install [-c DirectoryA] [-f DirectoryB] [-i] [-m] [-M Mode] [-O > Owner] > [-G Group] [-S] [-n DirectoryC] [-o] [-s] File [DirectoryX > ...] Your "install" program is telling you that it does not understand 'd' option ("install -d" to create a directory, I presume). > gmake[1]: *** [boilerplates.made] Error 2 > gmake: *** [all] Error 2 > I would appreciate, if you could help me to resolve this issue. An obvious solution would be to get a better install. You seem to be using gmake, so perhaps you already have ginstall and can use it like "gmake INSTALL=ginstall"?