[ale] Mandrake 10.0 configure and make errors - whaaa?

[Geoffrey]

Jay wrote:
> Hi all, I've got a problem with a Mandrake 10.0 machine I admin at 
> school.  I set it up as an ftp server and it's running great.  However, 
> I ran into a strange problem today while trying to install software.  
> I'm hoping that someone's had a similiar experience and can shed some 
> light here.
> The problem is with any software I've tried to install from source (rpms 
> are fine).  I run a ./configure as usual, and it finishes the configure, 
> but apparently is failing to create a Makefile, because when i then run 
> "make" it says "make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  
> Stop.".  Now, when I do this, the configure script bounces out the 
> following errors:
> 
> grep: conftest.defines: No such file or directory
> grep: conftest.undefs: No such file or directory
> cat: ./confstat8zTZka/in: No such file or directory

Can you provide more info regarding the specific package you're trying 
to build?  Also, save the output from ./configure and post it as well.

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Until later, Geoffrey                     Registered Linux User #108567
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