gcc -g -O2 -o mkindex ./src/mkindex.c
./mkindex add_.c allrepo_.c attach_.c bag_.c blob_.c ... >page_index.h
gcc -g -O2 -o makeheaders ./src/makeheaders.c
gmake: *** No rule to make target `src/../manifest.uuid', needed by `VERSION.h'.  Stop.

where fossil set is:

[bch@ansel ~/work/fossil]$ fossil set
auto-captcha        
auto-shun           
autosync             (local)  1
binary-glob         
clearsign           
diff-command        
dont-push           
editor              
gdiff-command       
ignore-glob         
http-port           
localauth            (local)  0
manifest            
mtime-changes       
pgp-command         
proxy               
repo-cksum          
ssh-command         
web-browser         

The following will fix at command line, but is a brittle solution to real problem (in header file):

fossil set manifest 1

drh added on 2010-10-26 23:44:27:
Once I get the server updated, new clones will set the "manifest" option automatically. What other fix do you suggest? Make "manifest" the default? The feedback I have received about the manifest and manifest.uuid files is uniformly negative - everybody hates them it seems - so it seems best to leave them turned off by default.

anonymous added on 2010-10-30 18:45:48:
Hi, I recently got this error too. Could a command be implemented to generate the manifest and manifest.uuid files? Then they could be deleted when the build finishes. Thing is, this wouldn't work if you just zipped up the working tree and sent it to someone. Hmm. Thanks, kj4ufx.

drh added on 2010-10-31 23:14:15:
The command

fossil set manifest on

creates the manifest and manifest.uuid files, in addition to making sure they are updated on all future checkouts.

If the "manifest" setting for a server is "on", then all ZIP archives generated by that server include the "manifest" and "manifest.uuid" files.