Holger Freyther &lt;holger(a)freyther.de&gt; writes: I've included the build logs; the build steps were (on Debian jessie amd64): % git clone git://git.osmocom.org/libosmocore.git % cd libosmocore % autoreconf -i % mkdir _build % cd _build % autoreconf -i src/gsm/Makefile.am:15: warning: source file 'milenage/aes-encblock.c' is in a subdirectory, src/gsm/Makefile.am:15: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled automake: warning: possible forward-incompatibility. automake: At least a source file is in a subdirectory, but the 'subdir-objects' automake: automake option hasn't been enabled. For now, the corresponding output automake: object file(s) will be placed in the top-level directory. However, automake: this behaviour will change in future Automake versions: they will automake: unconditionally cause object files to be placed in the same subdirectory automake: of the corresponding sources. automake: You are advised to start using 'subdir-objects' option throughout your automake: project, to avoid future incompatibilities. src/gsm/Makefile.am:15: warning: source file 'milenage/aes-internal.c' is in a subdirectory, src/gsm/Makefile.am:15: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled src/gsm/Makefile.am:15: warning: source file 'milenage/aes-internal-enc.c' is in a subdirectory, src/gsm/Makefile.am:15: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled src/gsm/Makefile.am:15: warning: source file 'milenage/milenage.c' is in a subdirectory, src/gsm/Makefile.am:15: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled src/sim/Makefile.am:5: warning: 'INCLUDES' is the old name for 'AM_CPPFLAGS' (or '*_CPPFLAGS') tests/Makefile.am:21: warning: source file 'a5/a5_test.c' is in a subdirectory, tests/Makefile.am:21: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled tests/Makefile.am:21: warning: source file '../src/gsm/a5.c' is in a subdirectory, tests/Makefile.am:21: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled tests/Makefile.am:31: warning: source file 'auth/milenage_test.c' is in a subdirectory, tests/Makefile.am:31: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled tests/Makefile.am:34: warning: source file 'bits/bitrev_test.c' is in a subdirectory, tests/Makefile.am:34: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled tests/Makefile.am:28: warning: source file 'comp128/comp128_test.c' is in a subdirectory, tests/Makefile.am:28: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled tests/Makefile.am:37: warning: source file 'conv/conv_test.c' is in a subdirectory, tests/Makefile.am:37: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled tests/Makefile.am:79: warning: source file 'fr/fr_test.c' is in a subdirectory, tests/Makefile.am:79: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled tests/Makefile.am:67: warning: source file 'gb/bssgp_fc_test.c' is in a subdirectory, tests/Makefile.am:67: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled tests/Makefile.am:70: warning: source file 'gb/gprs_bssgp_test.c' is in a subdirectory, tests/Makefile.am:70: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled tests/Makefile.am:73: warning: source file 'gb/gprs_ns_test.c' is in a subdirectory, tests/Makefile.am:73: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled tests/Makefile.am:43: warning: source file 'gsm0408/gsm0408_test.c' is in a subdirectory, tests/Makefile.am:43: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled tests/Makefile.am:40: warning: source file 'gsm0808/gsm0808_test.c' is in a subdirectory, tests/Makefile.am:40: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled tests/Makefile.am:25: warning: source file 'kasumi/kasumi_test.c' is in a subdirectory, tests/Makefile.am:25: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled tests/Makefile.am:25: warning: source file '../src/gsm/kasumi.c' is in a subdirectory, tests/Makefile.am:25: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled tests/Makefile.am:46: warning: source file 'lapd/lapd_test.c' is in a subdirectory, tests/Makefile.am:46: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled tests/Makefile.am:76: warning: source file 'logging/logging_test.c' is in a subdirectory, tests/Makefile.am:76: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled tests/Makefile.am:82: warning: source file 'loggingrb/loggingrb_test.c' is in a subdirectory, tests/Makefile.am:82: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled tests/Makefile.am:49: warning: source file 'msgfile/msgfile_test.c' is in a subdirectory, tests/Makefile.am:49: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled tests/Makefile.am:58: warning: source file 'sms/sms_test.c' is in a subdirectory, tests/Makefile.am:58: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled tests/Makefile.am:55: warning: source file 'smscb/gsm0341_test.c' is in a subdirectory, tests/Makefile.am:55: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled tests/Makefile.am:52: warning: source file 'smscb/smscb_test.c' is in a subdirectory, tests/Makefile.am:52: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled tests/Makefile.am:85: warning: source file 'strrb/strrb_test.c' is in a subdirectory, tests/Makefile.am:85: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled tests/Makefile.am:61: warning: source file 'timer/timer_test.c' is in a subdirectory, tests/Makefile.am:61: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled tests/Makefile.am:64: warning: source file 'ussd/ussd_test.c' is in a subdirectory, tests/Makefile.am:64: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled tests/Makefile.am:18: warning: source file 'utils/utils_test.c' is in a subdirectory, tests/Makefile.am:18: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled tests/Makefile.am:88: warning: source file 'vty/vty_test.c' is in a subdirectory, tests/Makefile.am:88: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled % ../configure --prefix=$HOME/.system/stow/libosmocore checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking whether make supports nested variables... yes checking whether make supports nested variables... 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GNU checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3 checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking how to print strings... printf checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E checking for fgrep... /bin/grep -F checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm checking whether ln -s works... yes checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864 checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes checking how to convert x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu file names to x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu format... func_convert_file_noop checking how to convert x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r checking for objdump... objdump checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all checking for dlltool... no checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... printf %s\n checking for ar... ar checking for archiver @FILE support... @ checking for strip... strip checking for ranlib... ranlib checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok checking for sysroot... no checking for mt... mt checking if mt is a manifest tool... no checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking for ANSI C header files... yes checking for sys/types.h... yes checking for sys/stat.h... yes checking for stdlib.h... yes checking for string.h... yes checking for memory.h... yes checking for strings.h... yes checking for inttypes.h... yes checking for stdint.h... yes checking for unistd.h... yes checking for dlfcn.h... yes checking for objdir... .libs checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes checking whether to build shared libraries... yes checking whether to build static libraries... yes checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes checking execinfo.h usability... yes checking execinfo.h presence... yes checking for execinfo.h... yes checking sys/select.h usability... yes checking sys/select.h presence... yes checking for sys/select.h... yes checking sys/socket.h usability... yes checking sys/socket.h presence... yes checking for sys/socket.h... yes checking syslog.h usability... yes checking syslog.h presence... yes checking for syslog.h... yes checking ctype.h usability... yes checking ctype.h presence... yes checking for ctype.h... yes checking netinet/tcp.h usability... yes checking netinet/tcp.h presence... yes checking for netinet/tcp.h... yes checking for size_t... yes checking for working alloca.h... yes checking for alloca... yes checking for library containing dlopen... -ldl checking for backtrace in -lexecinfo... no checking for doxygen... /usr/bin/doxygen checking if gcc supports -fvisibility=hidden... yes checking whether struct tm has tm_gmtoff member... yes checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes checking for PCSC... yes checking that generated files are newer than configure... done configure: creating ./config.status config.status: creating libosmocore.pc config.status: creating libosmocodec.pc config.status: creating libosmovty.pc config.status: creating libosmogsm.pc config.status: creating libosmogb.pc config.status: creating libosmoctrl.pc config.status: creating libosmosim.pc config.status: creating include/Makefile config.status: creating src/Makefile config.status: creating src/vty/Makefile config.status: creating src/codec/Makefile config.status: creating src/sim/Makefile config.status: creating src/gsm/Makefile config.status: creating src/gb/Makefile config.status: creating src/ctrl/Makefile config.status: creating tests/Makefile config.status: creating utils/Makefile config.status: creating Doxyfile.core config.status: creating Doxyfile.gsm config.status: creating Doxyfile.vty config.status: creating Doxyfile.codec config.status: creating Makefile config.status: creating config.h config.status: executing tests/atconfig commands config.status: executing depfiles commands config.status: executing libtool commands % make make all-recursive make[1]: Entering directory '/home/.big/rotty/src/_readonly/libosmocore/_build' Making all in include make[2]: Entering directory '/home/.big/rotty/src/_readonly/libosmocore/_build/include' make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'all'. make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/.big/rotty/src/_readonly/libosmocore/_build/include' Making all in src make[2]: Entering directory '/home/.big/rotty/src/_readonly/libosmocore/_build/src' make all-am make[3]: Entering directory '/home/.big/rotty/src/_readonly/libosmocore/_build/src' CC timer.lo CC select.lo CC signal.lo CC msgb.lo CC bits.lo CC bitvec.lo CC statistics.lo CC write_queue.lo CC utils.lo CC socket.lo CC logging.lo CC logging_syslog.lo CC rate_ctr.lo CC gsmtap_util.lo CC crc16.lo CC panic.lo CC backtrace.lo CC conv.lo CC application.lo CC rbtree.lo CC strrb.lo CC loggingrb.lo CC crc8gen.lo CC crc16gen.lo CC crc32gen.lo CC crc64gen.lo CC macaddr.lo CC plugin.lo CC talloc.lo CC msgfile.lo CC serial.lo CCLD libosmocore.la make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/.big/rotty/src/_readonly/libosmocore/_build/src' make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/.big/rotty/src/_readonly/libosmocore/_build/src' Making all in src/vty make[2]: Entering directory '/home/.big/rotty/src/_readonly/libosmocore/_build/src/vty' CC buffer.lo CC command.lo CC vty.lo CC vector.lo CC utils.lo CC telnet_interface.lo CC logging_vty.lo CCLD libosmovty.la make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/.big/rotty/src/_readonly/libosmocore/_build/src/vty' Making all in src/codec make[2]: Entering directory '/home/.big/rotty/src/_readonly/libosmocore/_build/src/codec' CC gsm610.lo CC gsm620.lo CC gsm660.lo CC gsm690.lo CCLD libosmocodec.la make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/.big/rotty/src/_readonly/libosmocore/_build/src/codec' Making all in src/gsm make[2]: Entering directory '/home/.big/rotty/src/_readonly/libosmocore/_build/src/gsm' CC a5.lo CC rxlev_stat.lo CC tlv_parser.lo CC comp128.lo CC comp128v23.lo CC gsm_utils.lo CC rsl.lo CC gsm48.lo CC gsm48_ie.lo CC gsm0808.lo CC sysinfo.lo CC gprs_cipher_core.lo CC gsm0480.lo CC abis_nm.lo CC gsm0502.lo CC gsm0411_utils.lo CC gsm0411_smc.lo CC gsm0411_smr.lo CC lapd_core.lo CC lapdm.lo CC kasumi.lo CC auth_core.lo CC auth_comp128v1.lo CC auth_comp128v23.lo CC auth_milenage.lo CC aes-encblock.lo CC aes-internal.lo CC aes-internal-enc.lo CC milenage.lo CC gan.lo CC ipa.lo CC gsm0341.lo CCLD libosmogsm.la make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/.big/rotty/src/_readonly/libosmocore/_build/src/gsm' Making all in src/gb make[2]: Entering directory '/home/.big/rotty/src/_readonly/libosmocore/_build/src/gb' CC gprs_ns.lo CC gprs_ns_frgre.lo CC gprs_ns_vty.lo CC gprs_bssgp.lo CC gprs_bssgp_util.lo CC gprs_bssgp_vty.lo CC gprs_bssgp_bss.lo CC common_vty.lo CCLD libosmogb.la make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/.big/rotty/src/_readonly/libosmocore/_build/src/gb' Making all in src/ctrl make[2]: Entering directory '/home/.big/rotty/src/_readonly/libosmocore/_build/src/ctrl' CC control_cmd.lo CC control_if.lo CCLD libosmoctrl.la make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/.big/rotty/src/_readonly/libosmocore/_build/src/ctrl' Making all in src/sim make[2]: Entering directory '/home/.big/rotty/src/_readonly/libosmocore/_build/src/sim' CC core.lo In file included from ../../../include/osmocom/core/msgb.h:25:0, from ../../../include/osmocom/sim/sim.h:4, from ../../../src/sim/core.c:29: ../../../include/osmocom/core/bits.h:6:35: fatal error: osmocom/core/bit16gen.h: No such file or directory #include <osmocom/core/bit16gen.h> ^ compilation terminated. Makefile:458: recipe for target 'core.lo' failed make[2]: *** [core.lo] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/.big/rotty/src/_readonly/libosmocore/_build/src/sim' Makefile:507: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/.big/rotty/src/_readonly/libosmocore/_build' Makefile:374: recipe for target 'all' failed make: *** [all] Error 2 The error happens during the last step, obviously. HTH, Rotty -- Andreas Rottmann -- <http://rotty.xx.vu/>