gdm build fail

[Kusumanto Sigit / ICM Malaysia]

Hi Devs,

Lin gdm gave me this:

++ Mark Compile start  : "gdm" "2.6.0.0" "Tue Apr 13 12:22:35 UTC 2004"
configure: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target
configure: WARNING: invalid host type:  
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for working aclocal-1.4... missing
checking for working autoconf... found
checking for working automake-1.4... missing
checking for working autoheader... found
checking for working makeinfo... found
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking for intltool >= 0.28... 0.30 found
checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
checking for consolehelper... no
checking for -gcc... no
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... yes
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for strerror in -lcposix... no
checking for -gcc... gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... (cached) none needed
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for egrep... grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... config.sub: missing argument
Try `config.sub --help' for more information.
configure: error: /bin/sh ./config.sub   failed
/sbin/lin: line 18: --with-xinerama=yes: command not found
install: cannot create regular file `/etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf': No such file or directory
install: cannot create regular file `/etc/X11/dm/Sessions': No such file or directory
install: cannot create regular file `/etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/': No such file or directory
install: cannot create regular file `/etc/X11/gdm/Sessions': No such file or directory
++ Mark Compile stop   : "gdm" "2.6.0.0" "Tue Apr 13 12:22:47 UTC 2004" 

After trial and error, I found that putting all configure options in the BUILD script in one line (instead of separated lines) do the trick.

Cheers,

Kusumanto Sigit
SSS Implementation
Siemens - ICM Malaysia
HP. +60-12-267 4405
e-Mail. Kusumanto.Sigit at see.siemens.com.my 


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