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List:       freetds
Subject:    Re: [freetds] error on make
From:       "blackwater dev" <blackwaterdev () gmail ! com>
Date:       2007-04-17 13:38:30
Message-ID: 34a9824e0704170638j3474f489o6e3801de13bb3eb3 () mail ! gmail ! com
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Yeah, I was able to get it to work by just doing touch..

Thanks!

On 4/12/07, Predrag Parmakovic <preparmakov@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I had the same problem, something was wrong...
>
> When I downloaded source code again and run configure/make,  I solved the
> problem. It seems like that tarball was corrupted or tar program was broken
> (as you say)
>
> regards
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: James K. Lowden <jklowden@freetds.org>
> To: FreeTDS Development Group <freetds@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 5:52:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [freetds] error on make
>
>
> blackwater dev wrote:
> > On 4/11/07, James K. Lowden <jklowden@freetds.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > blackwater dev wrote:
> > > > I'm currently moving my site to a site hosted by dreamhost and am
> > > > having problems installing freetds.
> > > >
> > > > I installed it to my home directory but get this error after the
> > > > make.
> > > >
> > > > make[1]: Entering directory
> > > > `/home/.minnie/blackwaterdev/freetds-0.64/doc' ./txt2man -I 'FreeTDS
> > > > User Guide'  -v 'FreeTDS Utilities' -t FreeTDS -r 0.64./freebcp.txt
> > > > >.freebcp.1
> > > > /bin/sh: line 1: ./txt2man: No such file or directory
> > > > make[1]: *** [freebcp.1] Error 127
> > >
> > > Another option is to "touch freebcp.1" (and so on), telling make(1)
> > > not to build them.  The overall build would then work, and you could
> > > copy the man pages, should you so desire, to your dreamhost server.
> >
> > I'm a linux newb and can do the ./configure, make, make install, etc.
> > Not sure exactly what you mean by touch.
>
> I meant the "touch" command, cf. touch(1) in your manual.  It's a way to
> set the date information on a file, but it's also the most popular way to
> create a new empty file.
>
> make(1) for some reason is trying to *build* the man page (freebpc.1).  It
> doesn't need to, because freebcp.1 is included in the distribution.  That
> leads me to think something else is wrong.
>
> You could fool make(1) into thinking the pages were already built: if you
> "touch /home/.minnie/blackwaterdev/freetds-0.64/doc/freebcp.1", and then
> "make" again, it will see the file is already built and go on to the next
> step.
>
> As I said though, freebcp.1 should be in the doc directory as soon as you
> run tar, before you even run configure.  If it's not, something is wrong,
> either a corrupted tarball or (unlikely) a broken tar program.  Or
> soemthing else, of course.  Never rule out something else.
>
> HTH.
>
> --jkl
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