Errors when trying to bootstrap Stow

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Hi,

I have posted the following question at the Unix StackExchange site (in
case you prefer to read it there):
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/72344/errors-when-using-gnu-stow

I am trying to get started with GNU stow without luck. I have defined
`STOW_DIR` to point to a personal path:

    STOW_DIR=/some/path

I then build a package of my choice from the tarball and install it under
`STOW_DIR`. In this case, I am building `stow` itself (i.e. I am
bootstrapping stow itself into stow, which is something that Stow supports):

    ./configure --prefix=$STOW_DIR/stow
    make
    make install prefix=$STOW_DIR/stow

And then I build the symlinks:

    cd $STOW_DIR
    ./stow/bin/stow stow

but at this point I get the following error:

> `stow: ERROR: The stow directory ../../../../some/path does not contain
package stow (No such file or directory)`

why?

James

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div style>Hi,</div><div style><br></div><div style>I=
 have posted the following question at the Unix StackExchange site (in case=
 you prefer to read it there):</div><div style><a href=3D"http://unix.stack=
exchange.com/questions/72344/errors-when-using-gnu-stow">http://unix.stacke=
xchange.com/questions/72344/errors-when-using-gnu-stow</a><br>
</div><div style><br></div><div style>I am trying to get started with GNU s=
tow without luck. I have defined `STOW_DIR` to point to a personal path:<br=
></div><div><br></div><div>=A0 =A0 STOW_DIR=3D/some/path</div><div><br></di=
v>
<div>I then build a package of my choice from the tarball and install it un=
der `STOW_DIR`. In this case, I am building `stow` itself (i.e. I am bootst=
rapping stow itself into stow, which is something that Stow supports):</div=
>
<div><br></div><div>=A0 =A0 ./configure --prefix=3D$STOW_DIR/stow</div><div=
>=A0 =A0 make</div><div>=A0 =A0 make install prefix=3D$STOW_DIR/stow</div><=
div><br></div><div>And then I build the symlinks:</div><div><br></div><div>=
=A0 =A0 cd $STOW_DIR</div>
<div>=A0 =A0 ./stow/bin/stow stow</div><div><br></div><div>but at this poin=
t I get the following error:</div><div><br></div><div>&gt; `stow: ERROR: Th=
e stow directory ../../../../some/path does not contain package stow (No su=
ch file or directory)`<br>
</div><div><br></div><div>why?</div><div><br></div></div><div style>James</=
div><div><br></div><br></div>

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