Debugging “configure” (when programs won’t build)
Jan 5, 2004 — by LinuxDevices Staff — from the LinuxDevices Archive — viewsAll too often, checking the README of a package yields only the none-too-specific “Build instructions: run configure, then run make.” But what about when that doesn't work?
In this article, Peter Seebach discusses what to do when an automatic configuration script doesn't work — and what you can do as a developer to keep failures to a minimum. After all, if your build process doesn't work, users are just as badly off as if your program doesn't work once it's built.
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