I am a newbie so sorry if I am asking very stupid question
I'm trying compiling the VLC player using this howto:
http://wiki.videolan.org/Win32CompileCygwinNew
However the process fails in the very beginning with about 8000 errors like you can see below. If to ignore all these errors and continue, then the configure script fails with "config.status: error: cannot find input file: Makefile.in".
Both Cygwin and VLC have been updated 3 hours prior this post. WinXPsp2. Google did not help.
Why does it happen? Does anybody know a simple answer, or I have to google over again?
Thanks in advance!
bash-3.2$ ./bootstrap
++ dirname ./bootstrap
+ cd .
+ ACLOCAL_ARGS='-I m4 '
+ test -d extras/contrib/bin
++ uname -s
+ test .CYGWIN_NT-5.1 = .Darwin
+ pkg-config --version
+ PKGCONFIG=yes
+ export AUTOPOINT
+ test ''
+ AUTOPOINT=autopoint
+ autopoint --dry-run --force
+ AUTOPOINT=true
+ echo
+ set +x
generating modules/**/Makefile.am
..............................................................................
+ echo
+ echo
+ cp -f INSTALL INSTALL.git
+ autoreconf --install --force --verbose -I m4
autoreconf-2.63: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf-2.63: running: true --force
autoreconf-2.63: running: aclocal --force -I m4
autoreconf-2.63: configure.ac: tracing
autoreconf-2.63: running: libtoolize --copy --force
libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, `autotools'.
libtoolize: copying file `autotools/ltmain.sh'
libtoolize: putting macros in `m4'.
libtoolize: copying file `m4/libtool.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `m4/ltoptions.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `m4/ltsugar.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `m4/ltversion.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `m4/lt~obsolete.m4'
libtoolize: Consider adding `AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])' to configure.ac and
libtoolize: rerunning libtoolize, to keep the correct libtool macros in-tree.
autoreconf-2.63: running: /usr/bin/autoconf-2.63 --include=m4 --force
autoreconf-2.63: running: /usr/bin/autoheader-2.63 --include=m4 --force
autoreconf-2.63: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing
_plugin_la_SOURCES'file.am:13: bad characters in variable name `libaccess_directory
_plugin_la_SOURCES'file.am:14: bad characters in variable name `nodist_libaccess_directory
_plugin_la_CFLAGS'efile.am:16: bad characters in variable name `libaccess_directory
_plugin_la_CXXFLAGS'ile.am:17: bad characters in variable name `libaccess_directory
_plugin_la_OBJCFLAGS'le.am:18: bad characters in variable name `libaccess_directory
_plugin_la_LIBADD'efile.am:20: bad characters in variable name `libaccess_directory
_plugin_la_DEPENDENCIES'am:21: bad characters in variable name `libaccess_directory
_plugin_la_SOURCES'file.am:24: bad characters in variable name `libaccess_dv
_plugin_la_SOURCES'file.am:25: bad characters in variable name `nodist_libaccess_dv
_plugin_la_CFLAGS'efile.am:27: bad characters in variable name `libaccess_dv
_plugin_la_CXXFLAGS'ile.am:28: bad characters in variable name `libaccess_dv
_plugin_la_OBJCFLAGS'le.am:29: bad characters in variable name `libaccess_dv
_plugin_la_LIBADD'efile.am:31: bad characters in variable name `libaccess_dv
_plugin_la_DEPENDENCIES'am:32: bad characters in variable name `libaccess_dv
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