In article <web.3e8355f0a517a360a7261b750@news.povray.org> , "cconstan" 
<cco### [at] cscuvicca> wrote:

>>*Read* the error message -- it really helps!!!
>
> I *did* but it does not help. There is nothing in any docs that I've seen
> about the DISTRIBUTION_MESSAGE macro, where it is or what should be done
> with it. all I've done is ./configure, make so far, just like the docs say.

The POV-Ray source code precisely tells you what to do in the message that
is displayed.  There is an #error directive in that file and it gives you
instructions what to do:

"You must complete the following DISTRIBUTION_MESSAGE macro"

So you open that file and complete the macro that clearly says "FILL IN NAME
HERE" and which follows the error directive line exactly as stated in the
instructions.  Naturally you then remove the error directive line.

> No where does it say I have to touch any macro. That should probably be set
> in the Configure script anyway, which means this is bug (IMHO).

The only "bug" here is that you read neither the documentation (the README
file) nor the #error directive message.  As a matter of fact the directive
is there for exactly this reason because in the past countless people did
not read any documentation and started to distribute unofficial versions of
POV-Ray that violated the POV-Ray license.

So if you consider it a bug that the configure script does not force you to
read the documentation, I think your expectations are unrealistic...

    Thorsten

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