I could sure use a way around the strange error I get when trying to update devel/apr on 7.4-STABLE FreeBSD

[Edwin L. Culp W.]

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Greg Larkin <glarkin at freebsd.org> wrote:
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> On 5/24/11 11:56 AM, Edwin L. Culp W. wrote:
>> The compile finishes during configuration with:
>>
>> checking for minix/config.h... no
>> checking whether it is safe to define __EXTENSIONS__... yes
>> checking for library containing strerror... none required
>> checking whether system uses EBCDIC... no
>> performing libtool configuration...
>> ./configure: 9904: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")
>> *** Error code 2
>>
>> Stop in /new/usr/local/ports/devel/apr1.
>> *** Error code 1
>>
>> I posted this about 10 days ago but thought that it would be fixec
>> with portgrading but it hasn't and the error makes me think there is a
>> conflict with one of my ports that is out of date or . . . .?
>
> Hi Edwin,
>
> Please post 10 to 20 lines of your configure script, centered around
> line 9904.  Once someone sees that, it may become easier to troubleshoot
> the issue for you.

Thanks, Greg.  Here goes with line numbers:

   9893 case "$ECHO" in
   9894   printf*) { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: printf" >&5
   9895 $as_echo "printf" >&6; } ;;
   9896   print*) { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: print -r" >&5
   9897 $as_echo "print -r" >&6; } ;;
   9898   *) { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: cat" >&5
   9899 $as_echo "cat" >&6; } ;;
   9900 esac
   9901
   9902
   9903
   9904 lt_if_append_uniq(lt_decl_varnames, SHELL, , ,
   9905     lt_dict_add_subkey([lt_decl_dict], [SHELL], [libtool_name],
   9906         [m4_ifval([], [], [SHELL])])
   9907     lt_dict_add_subkey([lt_decl_dict], [SHELL], [value], [1])
   9908     m4_ifval([Shell to use when invoking shell scripts],
   9909         [lt_dict_add_subkey([lt_decl_dict], [SHELL],
[description], [Shell to use when invoking shell scripts])])
   9910     lt_dict_add_subkey([lt_decl_dict], [SHELL],
   9911         [tagged?], [m4_ifval([], [yes], [no])]))
   9912
   9913 lt_if_append_uniq(lt_decl_varnames, ECHO, , ,
   9914     lt_dict_add_subkey([lt_decl_dict], [ECHO], [libtool_name],
   9915         [m4_ifval([], [], [ECHO])])
   9916     lt_dict_add_subkey([lt_decl_dict], [ECHO], [value], [1])
   9917     m4_ifval([An echo program that protects backslashes],
   9918         [lt_dict_add_subkey([lt_decl_dict], [ECHO],
[description], [An echo program that protects backslashes])])
   9919     lt_dict_add_subkey([lt_decl_dict], [ECHO],
   9920         [tagged?], [m4_ifval([], [yes], [no])]))
   9921
   9922

>
> Thank you,
> Greg
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