Problem with automake

[Public Mailing Lists]

Eric, thank you very much for your help. Below, I'm going to answer to 
the questions you asked. It would be great if I could get that stuff to 
work again. :-)

Eric Blake wrote:

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>According to Public Mailing Lists on 5/27/2007 8:30 PM:
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>>/usr/bin/m4:configure.in:1363: cannot create temporary file for
>>diversion: Permission denied
>>/usr/bin/m4: cannot remove temporary directory /tmp/m4-KJkmd5: Directory
>>not empty
>>autom4te-2.61: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
>>
>>Has anyone encountered this error message before? Is there something
>>messed up with my file system permissions? How can I debug this?
>>    
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>
>Based on the error message, I assume you either have $TMPDIR set to /tmp,
>or not set at all.  What do the following commands say?
>  
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TMPDIR is not set at all.

Please note that it is a German version of Windows, the the Windows user 
names are translated to German language:

>stat /tmp /tmp/m4-KJkmd5
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  File: `/tmp'
  Size: 0               Blocks: 0          IO Block: 1024   directory
Device: a41e4f5ch/2753449820d   Inode: 281474976805214  Links: 12
Access: (1777/drwxrwxrwt)  Uid: ( 1003/michael)   Gid: (  545/Benutzer)
Access: 2007-05-31 22:02:49.760712000 -0700
Modify: 2007-05-31 21:37:30.215713600 -0700
Change: 2007-05-31 21:37:30.215713600 -0700
  File: `/tmp/m4-KJkmd5'
  Size: 0               Blocks: 0          IO Block: 1024   directory
Device: a41e4f5ch/2753449820d   Inode: 34339947158914446  Links: 2
Access: (0700/drwx------)  Uid: ( 1003/michael)   Gid: (  513/    Kein)
Access: 2007-05-31 22:02:49.850841600 -0700
Modify: 2007-05-27 19:20:02.730219200 -0700
Change: 2007-05-27 19:20:02.730219200 -0700

>getfacl /tmp /tmp/m4-KJkmd5 "$HOME"
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# file: /tmp
# owner: michael
# group: Benutzer
user::rwx
group::rwx
group:root:rwx
group:SYSTEM:rwx
mask:rwx
other:rwx
default:user::rwx
default:group:root:rwx
default:group:SYSTEM:rwx
default:group:Benutzer:rwx
default:mask:rwx

# file: /tmp/m4-KJkmd5
# owner: michael
# group: Kein
user::rwx
group::---
mask:rwx
other:---
default:user::rwx
default:group::---
default:other:---

# file: /home/michael
# owner: michael
# group: Kein
user::rwx
group::---
group:root:rwx
group:SYSTEM:rwx
group:Benutzer:rwx
mask:rwx
other:---
default:user::rwx
default:group:root:rwx
default:group:SYSTEM:rwx
default:group:Benutzer:rwx
default:mask:rwx

>umask
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0002

>There is something going on with permissions.  Another thing to check is
>if you have any rogue drivers that might be interfering with normal cygwin
>operation; the list of known culprits includes:
>
>Sonic Solutions burning software containing DLA component
>Norton/MacAffee/Symantec antivirus or antispyware
>Logitech webcam software with "Logitech process monitor" service
>Kerio, Agnitum or ZoneAlarm Personal Firewall
>Iolo System Mechanic/AntiVirus/Firewall
>LanDesk
>Windows Defender
>Embassy Trust Suite fingerprint reader software wxvault.dll
>
>- --
>Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!
>
>Eric Blake             ebb9@byu.net
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