Maybe it's a problem due to you trying to compile a Dev version.. maybe passing: --enable-release-built to autogen fixes it... Just my 2 cents... Cheers -- Flávio Moringa Project Leader <img src="http://people.caixamagica.pt/flaviomoringa/images/caixamagica.png"> Caixa Mágica Software Energia Open Source Rua Soeiro Pereira Gomes, Lote 1 - 4.º B, Edifício Espanha, 1600-196 Lisboa - Portugal Tel.: +351 217 921 260 Fax: +351 217 921 261 <a href="http://www.caixamagica.pt" target="_blank">http://www.caixamagica.pt</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/flaviomoringa" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/flaviomoringa</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/flavio.moringa" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/flaviomoringa</a> <a href="http://pt.linkedin.com/in/flaviomoringa" target="_blank">http://pt.linkedin.com/in/flaviomoringa</a> <a href="http://people.caixamagica.pt/flaviomoringa" target="_blank">http://people.caixamagica.pt/flaviomoringa</a> <div class="gmail_quote">2012/10/25 Jeremy Brown <<a href="mailto:jeremy.r.brown@gmail.com" target="_blank">jeremy.r.brown@gmail.com</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I've gotten a little farther in my quest to get LibreOffice to build on my Windows box, but now I'm running into this error in instsetoo_native: ... Expanding Files .... Expanding Files Complete ... 13 files total. ... copying files into installation set ... ... creating ddf files ... ... creating log file log_OOO370_en-US.log ... packaging installation set ... ... makecab.exe (1/1) ... makecab_error (Try 1): Trying again makecab_error: Could not open file: LibreOffice_Dev\native\zip\en-US\00\basicsrvdepot_zip\CommonLang.xba makecab_error: MakeCAB aborted. makecab_error (Try 2): Trying again makecab_error: Could not open file: LibreOffice_Dev\native\zip\en-US\00\basicsrvdepot_zip\CommonLang.xba makecab_error: MakeCAB aborted. ERROR: Failure in <a href="http://installer.pm" target="_blank">installer.pm</a> ERROR: ERROR: "makecab.exe /V3 /F D:/Dev/libo/libo/instsetoo_native/<a href="http://wntmsci12.pro/LibreOffice_Dev/native/ddf/en-US/lodev1.ddf" target="_blank">wntmsci12.pro/LibreOffice_Dev/native/ddf/en-US/lodev1.ddf</a> 2>&1 | "! at D:/Dev/libo/libo/solenv/bin/modules/installer/windows/<a href="http://msiglobal.pm" target="_blank">msiglobal.pm</a> line 1283 ERROR (Try 3): Abort packing ERROR: Could not open file: LibreOffice_Dev\native\zip\en-US\00\basicsrvdepot_zip\CommonLang.xba ERROR: MakeCAB aborted. ... cleaning the output tree ... ... removing directory /tmp/ooopackaging/i_82041351108958 ... ERROR, saved logfile D:/Dev/libo/libo/instsetoo_native/<a href="http://wntmsci12.pro/LibreOffice_Dev/native/logging/en-US/log_OOO370_en-US.log" target="_blank">wntmsci12.pro/LibreOffice_Dev/native/logging/en-US/log_OOO370_en-US.log</a> is: ... ###################################################### : Packaging process : ###################################################### : Performance Info: Execute packaging start Wed Oct 24 21:02:58 2012 (00:20 min.) : chdir: D:/Dev/libo/libo/instsetoo_native/<a href="http://wntmsci12.pro/LibreOffice_Dev/native/logging/en-US/" target="_blank">wntmsci12.pro/LibreOffice_Dev/native/logging/en-US/</a> : chdir: /tmp/ooopackaging/i_82041351108958/<a href="http://wntmsci12.pro" target="_blank">wntmsci12.pro</a> : Systemcall: makecab.exe /V3 /F D:/Dev/libo/libo/instsetoo_native/<a href="http://wntmsci12.pro/LibreOffice_Dev/native/ddf/en-US/lodev1.ddf" target="_blank">wntmsci12.pro/LibreOffice_Dev/native/ddf/en-US/lodev1.ddf</a> 2>&1 | : makecab_error (Try 1): makecab.exe /V3 /F D:/Dev/libo/libo/instsetoo_native/<a href="http://wntmsci12.pro/LibreOffice_Dev/native/ddf/en-US/lodev1.ddf" target="_blank">wntmsci12.pro/LibreOffice_Dev/native/ddf/en-US/lodev1.ddf</a> 2>&1 | : !makecab_error: Could not open file: LibreOffice_Dev\native\zip\en-US\00\basicsrvdepot_zip\CommonLang.xba : makecab_error: MakeCAB aborted. : Systemcall: makecab.exe /V3 /F D:/Dev/libo/libo/instsetoo_native/<a href="http://wntmsci12.pro/LibreOffice_Dev/native/ddf/en-US/lodev1.ddf" target="_blank">wntmsci12.pro/LibreOffice_Dev/native/ddf/en-US/lodev1.ddf</a> 2>&1 | : makecab_error (Try 2): makecab.exe /V3 /F D:/Dev/libo/libo/instsetoo_native/<a href="http://wntmsci12.pro/LibreOffice_Dev/native/ddf/en-US/lodev1.ddf" target="_blank">wntmsci12.pro/LibreOffice_Dev/native/ddf/en-US/lodev1.ddf</a> 2>&1 | : !makecab_error: Could not open file: LibreOffice_Dev\native\zip\en-US\00\basicsrvdepot_zip\CommonLang.xba : makecab_error: MakeCAB aborted. : Systemcall: makecab.exe /V3 /F D:/Dev/libo/libo/instsetoo_native/<a href="http://wntmsci12.pro/LibreOffice_Dev/native/ddf/en-US/lodev1.ddf" target="_blank">wntmsci12.pro/LibreOffice_Dev/native/ddf/en-US/lodev1.ddf</a> 2>&1 | : ERROR (Try 3): makecab.exe /V3 /F D:/Dev/libo/libo/instsetoo_native/<a href="http://wntmsci12.pro/LibreOffice_Dev/native/ddf/en-US/lodev1.ddf" target="_blank">wntmsci12.pro/LibreOffice_Dev/native/ddf/en-US/lodev1.ddf</a> 2>&1 | : !ERROR: Could not open file: LibreOffice_Dev\native\zip\en-US\00\basicsrvdepot_zip\CommonLang.xba : ERROR: MakeCAB aborted. : : Moved directory from D:/Dev/libo/libo/instsetoo_native/<a href="http://wntmsci12.pro/LibreOffice_Dev/native/install/en-US_inprogress" target="_blank">wntmsci12.pro/LibreOffice_Dev/native/install/en-US_inprogress</a> to D:/Dev/libo/libo/instsetoo_native/<a href="http://wntmsci12.pro/LibreOffice_Dev/native/install/en-US_witherror" target="_blank">wntmsci12.pro/LibreOffice_Dev/native/install/en-US_witherror</a> : : Removing directory /tmp/ooopackaging/i_82041351108958 ... : ###################################################### : Replacing variables in setup script (start) : ###################################################### : WARNING: mis-named or un-known '%' variable in setup script at line 123617: : Subkey = "Software\%MANUFACTURER\LOdev%PRODUCTADDON\3.7\Capabilities"; : WARNING: mis-named or un-known '%' variable in setup script at line 123735: : Subkey = "Software\%MANUFACTURER\LOdev%PRODUCTADDON\3.7\Capabilities"; ... : Setting Root Module: gid_Module_Root : Using spellchecker file: D:/Dev/libo/libo/solver/<a href="http://wntmsci12.pro/bin/spellchecker_selection.txt" target="_blank">wntmsci12.pro/bin/spellchecker_selection.txt</a> : Collected spellchecker languages for spellchecker: en,es,fr : : ***************************************************************** : ERROR: ERROR: "makecab.exe /V3 /F D:/Dev/libo/libo/instsetoo_native/<a href="http://wntmsci12.pro/LibreOffice_Dev/native/ddf/en-US/lodev1.ddf" target="_blank">wntmsci12.pro/LibreOffice_Dev/native/ddf/en-US/lodev1.ddf</a> 2>&1 | : "! at D:/Dev/libo/libo/solenv/bin/modules/installer/windows/<a href="http://msiglobal.pm" target="_blank">msiglobal.pm</a> line 1283 : ***************************************************************** Wed Oct 24 21:06:43 2012 (04:05 min.) dmake: Error code 255, while making 'openofficedev_en-US.native' When I look in: D:\Dev\libo\libo\instsetoo_native\<a href="http://wntmsci12.pro" target="_blank">wntmsci12.pro</a>\LibreOffice_Dev\native\ I see that there is no zip folder. It seems to be looking for LibreOffice_Dev\native\zip\en-US\00\basicsrvdepot_zip\CommonLang.xba but none of that is there. Any idea what I could do to fix this? Jeremy _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list <a href="mailto:LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org">LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org</a> <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice</a> </blockquote></div>