Calvin, (Archers) Hal is failing at the beginning with a weird makefile error. Full error at: http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/dt/tde/err/hal-makefile.err.txt PKGBUILD is: http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/dt/tde/err/PKGBUILD-hal Basically the error looks like: <snip> parallel-tests: error: required file './test-driver' not found parallel-tests: 'automake --add-missing' can install 'test-driver' hald/linux/addons/Makefile.am:80: warning: source file '../../logger.c' is in a subdirectory, hald/linux/addons/Makefile.am:80: 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. hald/linux/addons/Makefile.am:80: warning: source file '../../util_helper.c' is in a subdirectory, hald/linux/addons/Makefile.am:80: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled hald/linux/addons/Makefile.am:84: warning: source file '../../logger.c' is in a subdirectory, hald/linux/addons/Makefile.am:84: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled hald/linux/addons/Makefile.am:84: warning: source file '../../util_helper.c' is in a subdirectory, hald/linux/addons/Makefile.am:84: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled hald/linux/addons/Makefile.am:62: warning: source file '../../logger.c' is in a subdirectory, hald/linux/addons/Makefile.am:62: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled hald/linux/addons/Makefile.am:62: warning: source file '../../util_helper_priv.c' is in a subdirectory, hald/linux/addons/Makefile.am:62: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled <snip> hald/solaris/addons/Makefile.am:15: warning: source file '../../logger.c' is in a subdirectory, hald/solaris/addons/Makefile.am:15: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled hald/solaris/probing/Makefile.am:15: warning: source file '../../logger.c' is in a subdirectory, hald/solaris/probing/Makefile.am:15: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled hald/solaris/probing/Makefile.am:19: warning: source file '../../logger.c' is in a subdirectory, hald/solaris/probing/Makefile.am:19: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled partutil/Makefile.am:7: warning: source file '../hald/logger.c' is in a subdirectory, partutil/Makefile.am:7: but option 'subdir-objects' is disabled policy/Makefile.am:27: warning: whitespace following trailing backslash ==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build(). So it blows up on policy/Makefile.am:27 after about 100 warnings. I'm not much of a Makefile guy, so if you can check it, it would help. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.