Re: compile error

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 11:52:36AM -0400, David Henderson wrote:
> Good morning everyone, I'm attempting to compile nmap 6.25 under a Kubuntu
> OS and am getting the following error:
>
> Compiling libnbase
> cd nbase && make
> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/.fs.sync/opt/staging/source/nbase'
> make[1]: *** No rule to make target `snprintf\e[4m.o', needed by `libnbase.a'.  Stop.
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/.fs.sync/opt/staging/source/nbase'
> make: *** [nbase_build] Error 2
>
>
> I'm currently using the following to compile:
>
> configure --without-libdnet --without-zenmap
> make
> make install
>
>
> Could this be a missing compile dependency?  Any help would be appreciated!

I don't know where the strange file name "snprintf\e[4m.o" is coming
from, but that's the problem. Try removing makefile.dep and building
again.

"\e[4m" looks like a terminal escape sequence, so you might try turning
off terminal colors or anything special along those lines.

David Fifield
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