[leafnode-list] Re: Fetchnews doesn't fetch any news

[Matthias Andree]

Am 27.12.2011 21:39, schrieb houghi:
> On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 08:52:33PM +0100, houghi wrote:
>> Installing a new grep does not seem to be working. I will try to figure
>> that out first. Thanks already.
> 
> Seemed to have been a download issue. So now I get till the following with
> ./configure:
> 
> checking for tcpd... none
> configure: creating ./config.status
> config.status: creating subst
> awk: ./conf6YIJF6/subs.awk:2: Unexpected token
> config.status: error: could not create subst
> 
> This is awk linked to busybox. So I installed gawk and that gave me:
> checking for argv0... none
> checking for tcpd... none
> configure: creating ./config.status
> config.status: creating subst
> gawk: ./confyf7eSi/subs.awk:2: S["/; s/!.*/"]=am__EXEEXT_FALSE!%!_!# ""
> gawk: ./confyf7eSi/subs.awk:2:                                 ^ syntax error
> gawk: ./confyf7eSi/subs.awk:3: S["/; s/!.*/"]=am__EXEEXT_FALSE!%!_!# ""
> gawk: ./confyf7eSi/subs.awk:3:                                     ^ syntax error
> <snip 50+ lines>
> gawk: ./confyf7eSi/subs.awk:31: S["/; s/!.*/"]=AMDEPBACKSLASH!\%!_!# "\\"
> gawk: ./confyf7eSi/subs.awk:31:                               ^ syntax error
> config.status: error: could not create subst

Sorry for not getting to this sooner, it simply slipped my attention
somehow.

This is the very first time this has happened, and is a bit strange.  I
admit I have never attempted to build with busybox, and it might hint to
a problem with the m4 and/or make installed on your computer, or
autoconf/automake -- however, there should be no need for either of
these auto* packages to execute unless you patched the source.

This is a mystery.  The best bet is to build leafnode on a "normal" PC
with similar (or older) libraries installed, same platform and roughly
same operating system and then (cross-)compile it there.  You can run
"make DESTDIR=/var/tmp/leafnode install" and can then cd
/var/tmp/leafnode, tar up everything and move it to the target computer
and unpack it into "/", overwriting existing files.

Hope that helps.