Cannot get ./configure to create Makefile for Bind 9.10.3-P4. Please help!

Majid Mir majidcompilingbind at gmail.com
Thu Mar 17 21:28:04 UTC 2016


Mark.

I owe you a virtual beer.. You were right! Thank you

Sorry I am still a n00b at this at times

On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 5:24 PM, Majid Mir <majidcompilingbind at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I think I Know why it worked on the old server.. it is because there is an
> existing Makefile already.. I am going to rename the existing makefile and
> see if it creates one. If it doesnt, then I will know that the no-create
> option is the culprit!
>
> Thanks for your help.. I will report back with what I find.
>
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 5:20 PM, Majid Mir <majidcompilingbind at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Thank you for your response.. I thought of that earlier, but when I run
>> the exact same configure options on an older machine of ours (for 9.10.1)
>> it creates the output files just fine.. That is where it confused me.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 5:18 PM, Mark Andrews <marka at isc.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> *Think* about the arguments you are passing to configure.  You told
>>> configue
>>> to NOT CREATE the makefiles.
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>> In message <CAAvVfaWamfxOs7W3N1YeU_JeJkZyF=
>>> N04fgWsxYATZH5a7F19A at mail.gmail.com>
>>> , Majid Mir writes:
>>> >
>>> > Hello all
>>> >
>>> > I am trying to compile Bind 9.10.3-P4 from source and whenever I try
>>> to run
>>> > the following:
>>> >
>>> > ./configure --sbindir=/usr/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc/bind --with-openssl
>>> > --disable-openssl-version-check --no-create --no-recursion
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I receive the following error after the configuration script is fully
>>> > executed:
>>> >
>>> > configure: creating ./config.status
>>> > make: *** No rule to make target `clean'.  Stop.
>>> >
>>> > When I try to run make, I get:
>>> >
>>> > make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
>>> >
>>> > Yet in both the untarred source code directory as well as the make
>>> > directory within it, both have a Makefile.in file.
>>> >
>>> > I have absolutely no idea how to get this configure script to create
>>> the
>>> > makefile!  I have to use those configuration options because that is
>>> what
>>> > we used on our previous installs (Bind 9.10.1)  on other servers. Also
>>> when
>>> > I run ./configure without any options, the make file is created with no
>>> > issues!  I am totally confused
>>> >
>>> > All help is greatly appreciated!
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Thank you!
>>> >
>>> > --001a1147eda27e191b052e4512e3
>>> > Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
>>> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>>> >
>>> > <div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Hello
>>> all<br><br></div>=
>>> > I am trying to compile Bind 9.10.3-P4 from source and whenever I try
>>> to run=
>>> >  the following:<br><br>./configure --sbindir=3D/usr/sbin
>>> --sysconfdir=3D/et=
>>> > c/bind --with-openssl --disable-openssl-version-check --no-create
>>> --no-recu=
>>> > rsion<br><br><br></div>I receive the following error after the
>>> configuratio=
>>> > n script is fully executed:<br><br>configure: creating
>>> ./config.status<br>m=
>>> > ake: *** No rule to make target `clean'.=C2=A0
>>> Stop.<br><br></div>When =
>>> > I try to run make, I get:<br><br>make: *** No targets specified and no
>>> make=
>>> > file found.=C2=A0 Stop.<br><br></div>Yet in both the untarred source
>>> code d=
>>> > irectory as well as the make directory within it, both have a
>>> Makefile.in f=
>>> > ile. <br><br></div>I have absolutely no idea how to get this configure
>>> scri=
>>> > pt to create the makefile!=C2=A0 I have to use those configuration
>>> options =
>>> > because that is what we used on our previous installs (Bind
>>> 9.10.1)=C2=A0 o=
>>> > n other servers. Also when I run ./configure without any options, the
>>> make =
>>> > file is created with no issues!=C2=A0 I am totally
>>> confused<br><br></div>Al=
>>> > l help is greatly appreciated!<br><br><br></div>Thank
>>> you!<br><br><br></div=
>>> > >
>>> >
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>>
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