[SOLVED]What to do when AUR provides source files, but no 'configure'?

Not sure if this is better posted here in "Newbie Corner" or in the "AUR" forum.... but I suppose it's a newbie-type question.
There's a package I've installed from AUR on another Arch system and the install process went smoothly then. New box; everything else is working fine and dandy, but need help with a package found in AUR.
The package installs source files -- no binaries available -- and there's no 'configure' file. There's a 'configure.in' file that gets parsed by 'autoconf', but there are errors, and no 'configure' gets created.
The PDF documentation from the author implies there's a 'configure' already prepared (the author writes the standard "Enter these commands: ./configure && make install"), and located in the src directory.
Is this an issue for the Arch package maintainer, or for the upstream author? And might I be pointed to a suitable resource to continue my own investigation?
Thanks!
Last edited by fionn (2013-10-06 19:49:25)

skottish wrote:
fionn wrote:
Trilby wrote:You *might* be looking for `makepkg -o` which is what gets the actual source code for the package.
Oh, Cr*p. This means I need to do it all over again and burn another CD.
I have a tinfoil-hat wearing conspiracy-theory nut of a brother-in-law who wants a new system, compiled from sources, "without Government Interference". He wants an "air-gap" (not networked) box to prevent NSA boogeymen from monkeying around with our Precious Bodily Fluids or some damned thing like that. Why is it always a brother-in-law who goes off the deep end? Why can't I have one who's a lawyer or doctor or something useful?
You know, you may gently want to look into the idea that you're taking advice from a hat wearing bird. I'm not suggesting anything, but it is something that you may want to consider.
On the upside, it does look to be an aluminum-free chapeau...

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