make in ports not working

[Brad Kowalczyk]

Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 11:57:19AM +1100, Brad Kowalczyk wrote:
> 
>>Kris Kennaway wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 10:50:35AM +1100, Brad Kowalczyk wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi
>>>>
>>>>I get the following error when trying to make from the ports tree:
>>>>
>>>>"/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk", line 2292: warning: String comparison 
>>>>operator should be either == or !=
>>>>"/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk", line 2292: warning: String comparison 
>>>>operator should be either == or !=
>>>>"/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk", line 2292: Malformed conditional 
>>>>(((${OSVERSION} < 504105 || (${OSVERSION} >= 600000 && ${OSVERSION} < 
>>>>600103) || (${OSVERSION} >= 700000 && ${OSVERSION} < 700012)) && 
>>>>${PKGORIGIN} != "ports-mgmt/pkg_install") || 
>>>>exists(${LOCALBASE}/sbin/pkg_info))
>>>>"/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk", line 2293: warning: String comparison 
>>>>operator should be either == or !=
>>>>"/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk", line 2293: warning: String comparison 
>>>>operator should be either == or !=
>>>>"/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk", line 2293: Malformed conditional 
>>>>((${OSVERSION} < 504105 || (${OSVERSION} >= 600000 && ${OSVERSION} < 
>>>>600103) || (${OSVERSION} >= 700000 && ${OSVERSION} < 700012)) && 
>>>>${PKGORIGIN} != "ports-mgmt/pkg_install")
>>>>"/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk", line 2308: if-less else
>>>>"/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk", line 2308: Need an operator
>>>>"/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk", line 2322: if-less endif
>>>>"/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk", line 2322: Need an operator
>>>>"/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk", line 5987: if-less endif
>>>>"/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk", line 5987: Need an operator
>>>>make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue
>>>>
>>>>Any help appreciated
>>>>
>>>>Also I am not subscribed to the list so reply-all.
>>>
>>>
>>>You forgot to mention which version of FreeBSD you're running, but
>>>it's probably an ancient one that is no longer supported.
>>>
>>>Kris
>>>
>>>
>>
>>yup ok its an ancient one:
>>su-2.05a# uname -v
>>FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE : Tue Apr  8 11:35:48 GMT 2003
>>
>>I am stuck with it (its a virtual server) so is there any way i can get 
>>ports working? I just love 'portinstall xyz'!
> 
> 
> FreeBSD 4 is no longer supported in any way by ports, update to 6.2 or
> make do with out-of-date ports that will never again be updated (you
> can use the RELEASE_4_EOL tag until you can upgrade the box).
> 
> Kris
> 
> 

Thanks for your advice Kris. Unfortunately I just rent the virtual 
server so I dont think I am going to be able to upgrade the OS.

Cheers,

Brad