Re: endless Makefile creation loop (was: Query - Pango)

[Gus Koppel <gtk spamkiller bytechase cx>]

Hazzy wrote:

> i m trying to install pango on ARM board..
>
> I m able to configure it but as i give make command 
> it goes into infinite loop of
>
> root 192 168 1 20:/try/pango-1.8.2# make
> cd . && /bin/sh ./config.status Makefile
> config.status: creating Makefile
> cd . && /bin/sh ./config.status Makefile
> config.status: creating Makefile
> cd . && /bin/sh ./config.status Makefile
> config.status: creating Makefile

Occasionally I experience something similar when I build things not
locally but via network on a fileserver and the realtime clocks of local
machine and fileserver differ by more than a few seconds. May such a
scenario apply to your development environment, too? I think endless
makefile recreation loops may occur if the freshly created (by
'configure') Makefiles get a wrong (too old) timestamp.

Besides, you may try the following:

- delete all configuration data and cache files created by 'configure' 
  so far (like a "make distclean" if you could invoke 'make') and try
  to 'configure' again.

- upgrade your autotools packages and recreate the whole 'configure'
  stuff (automake, autoconf, autoheader, etc.)