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Re: 1.7.10.3 configure does not generate Makefiles

From
Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@gmail.com>
Date
May 30, 2012, 11:38 UTC
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On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 1:32 AM,  <jupiter.hce@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> I've just downloaded 1.7.10.3 source tarball and following the
> instruction from INSTALL, I ran the autoconf to generate the
> configure, then to run configure --prefix=/usr/local/git/1.7.10.3.
> There were no errors but there was no Makefiles generated either. How
> can I run the configure to generate Makefiles?
>
> .......
> configure: creating ./config.status
> config.status: creating config.mak.autogen
>

This is as expected. Git doesn't use Automake, only Autoconf. So all it generates is a config.mak.autogen, which gets included by the Makefile which is already present on the top-level.

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  1. jupiter.hce@gmail.comMay 29, 2012
  2. Erik Faye-LundMay 30, 2012
  3. hceJun 1, 2012
  4. jupiter.hce@gmail.comJun 3, 2012
  5. Vincent van RavesteijnJun 4, 2012
  6. David Michael BarrMay 30, 2012

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