Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] 0.8.19 make error:

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 13:31:32 -0700 (PDT)
> I am not sure if ethereal compiled correctly on my 
> Slackware 8 Linux platform, I get this error in the doc folder:
> 
> .....
> (cd doc ; \
> make ../mergecap.1 )
> make[2]: Entering directory `/other/tmp/ethereal-0.8.19/doc'
> make[2]: *** No rule to make target `../mergecap.1'.  Stop.
> 
> 
> Any ideas on how to fix this?

	http://www.ethereal.com/faq.html#q2.3

"Q 2.3: When I try to build Ethereal 0.8.19, the build process fails
when building the manual pages, with an error saying it can't build
../mergecap.1; what's causing this?

A: An error in the release build process meant that the version of the
doc/Makefile.in file in the source tarball wasn't up to date.

To fix this, fix the doc/Makefile.in file by adding the lines

	..."

(see the FAQ item at the URL above for the lines to add and the steps to
perform next).