Question : make no targets specified and no makefile found. stop

Hello everyone and you will hear it once again from me. I am very new to Linux and ran into a issue. I have read some of the posts, but it’s not helping so far.

here is what’s going on. I am using Red Hat Enterprise 5 desktop/workstation.
from what i can tell I do have GCC installed and believe i have my compliers working.
I even had seen:
"checking for gcc ... gcc"
and
"checking whether you are using the GNU C++ complier... yes" messages during the configuration.

I am trying to install vlc-1.0.0. i have tried both vlc-1-0-0.tar.bz2 and .tar. i still have the same problem.

I ran the "./configure --prefix=/usr" command and it seems to have went through with no problem.
when i run make i get "make: *** no targets specified and no makefile found. stop"

any help would be greatly appreciated

Answer : make no targets specified and no makefile found. stop

If configure does not complete - you will not be able to 'make'  - You need to update your glibc libraries for it to continue - When is the last time you've done a yum or up2date update for this machine to update the rpm libraries that you have installed?