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Le 04/07/2015 05:59, clipka a écrit :
> Am 04.07.2015 um 01:20 schrieb "Jörg \"Yadgar\" Bleimann":
>> Hi(gh)!
>> 
>> After replacing my entire previous Linux installation by Debian
>> 7.8 "wheezy", I once more tried to compile POV-Ray 3.7... now,
>> all additional packages recommended in unix/README.md were
>> installed without any errors. When I started the prebuild.sh
>> script, all worked well - except for one final error message:
>> 
>> config.status: error: cannot find input file: `Makefile.in'
> 
> Quite obviously, all worked /not/ well. You might want to
> double-check the output messages - I guess they do report /some/
> error or warning. At any rate you don't seem to be reporting the
> exact symptoms, as "config.status" doesn't come into play until the
> "./configure" step.
> 
> What version of POV-Ray 3.7 are you trying to build?
> 
> 3.7.0 stable release, for instance, is known to not configure
> properly with new versions of automake, causing secondary error
> messages similar to the one you're reporting.
> 

Well spotted. To build 3.7.0 stable, which is likely due to the
message about "Makefile.in", a workaround on modern system is:

1. in unix directory: ./prebuild.sh
2. in root directory: automake --add-missing
3. in unix directory: ./prebuild.sh

then continue as usual.
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