[Gcl-devel] No rule to make target 'saved_pre_gcl'. Stop

[Jean Louis]

Hello,

I need help on building gcl.

I am using the version from git, and do not have a previous version of
gcl on my system. The errors are shown below as being in the unixport
directory.

Jean Louis

  $ ./configure --prefix=/package/prog/gcl --enable-readline 
--enable-machine=amd64-linux

## --------- ##
## Platform. ##
## --------- ##

hostname = protected.rcdrun.com
uname -m = x86_64
uname -r = 4.8.2-gnugnu.support
uname -s = Linux
uname -v = #2 SMP PREEMPT Fri Nov 18 12:38:46 CET 2016

errors:

<DEV> root [ /sources/gnu/gcl/gcl ]# make
(cd bin; make all)
make[1]: Entering directory '/sources/gnu/gcl/gcl/bin'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'all'.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/sources/gnu/gcl/gcl/bin'
make mpfiles
make[1]: Entering directory '/sources/gnu/gcl/gcl'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'mpfiles'.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/sources/gnu/gcl/gcl'
rm -f o/cmpinclude.h ; cp h/cmpinclude.h o
(cd o; make all)
make[1]: Entering directory '/sources/gnu/gcl/gcl/o'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for 'all'.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/sources/gnu/gcl/gcl/o'
make h/cmpinclude.h
make[1]: Entering directory '/sources/gnu/gcl/gcl'
make[1]: 'h/cmpinclude.h' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/sources/gnu/gcl/gcl'
rm -f o/cmpinclude.h ; cp h/cmpinclude.h o
cd unixport && make saved_pre_gcl
make[1]: Entering directory '/sources/gnu/gcl/gcl/unixport'
ls: cannot access '../lsp/*.o': No such file or directory
ls: cannot access '../xgcl-2/*.o': No such file or directory
ls: cannot access '../cmpnew/*.o': No such file or directory
ls: cannot access 'gcl_recompile?*.o': No such file or directory
ls: cannot access '../mod/*.o': No such file or directory
ls: cannot access '../pcl/*.o': No such file or directory
ls: cannot access '../clcs/*.o': No such file or directory
make[1]: *** No rule to make target 'saved_pre_gcl'.  Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/sources/gnu/gcl/gcl/unixport'
make: *** [makefile:78: unixport/saved_pre_gcl] Error 2