Re: Help - I'm going mad!!! /bin/bash: --gnu: command not found

[Russell Shaw]

Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
> Can anyone throw any light on the situation below? I'm just about fed up
> trying all manner of things to build a configure.ac that generates no
> error messages from autoreconf, configure or make. 
>
> 'autoreconf' runs without any errors and generates a configure script.
> The configure script created by autoreconf seems okay and runs properly.
> However, after running GNU make, I get the error message:
>
> make[1]: Entering directory `/export/home/davek/atlc/src'
> cd .. && \
>    --gnu  src/Makefile
> /bin/bash: --gnu: command not found

Did you write that script? I found the easiest way to find
problems is to comment out everything but the bare minimum
that still runs. Then uncomment sections and re-run until
the error appears. Things like makefiles and build-tools
have always been developer hostile.