[plt-scheme] DrScheme installation problem
At Mon, 20 Jan 2003 19:15:01 +0100, Tim Kynerd wrote:
> Make install fails immediately, printing the following text:
>
> if [ ! -d /usr/local/plt ] ; then mkdir /usr/local/plt ; fi
> cp -p -r ./../collects /usr/local/plt/.
> cp: `./../collects' and `/usr/local/plt/./collects' are the same file
> make: *** [copytree] Error 1
>
> Of course, 'cp' is absolutely correct: since I'm running make install in
> /usr/local/plt/src, ./../collects is /usr/local/plt/collects, and
> /usr/local/plt/./collects is also /usr/local/plt/collects.
>
> What am I doing wrong? Any help would be appreciated.
The install process goes wrong when the --prefix dir is the same as the
build dir.
To avoid the problem, re-configure as follows: don't use --prefix, but
do run configure using the absolute path `/usr/local/plt/src/configure'.
Matthew