Problem using "MAKE"

Daniel Hyde daniel.hyde at gmail.com
Tue Mar 29 17:21:03 PST 2005


This sounds as if you are missing the Makefile.  Do you have a
Makefile in /usr/src?  If not, this is your problem.

The Makefile should be installed by the "base" package within the
"src" distribution.  To install this, you need to be root, then:

/stand/sysinstall

Go to Configure->Distributions->src

Make sure to install the "base" package.  When doing anything with
sources you will need this, as well as the distribution that contains
the appropriate sources.


On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:56:49 -0800, pete wright <nomadlogic at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:21:07 -0500 (EST), Michael A. Alestock
> <michaela at maa-net.net> wrote:
> > I'm trying to update my source tree.  When I 'CD' to /usr/src and execute
> > the command, "make update"  I get this error....
> >
> > make: don't know how to make update.  Stop
> >
> > Am I missing something?  Did I forget to install a port to aid in the MAKE
> > process??
> >
> 
> check out /etc/make.conf, or if that does not exist copy
> /usr/share/example/etc/make.conf to /etc.  I would read this file (and
> do a "man 5 make.conf" too).  In make.conf there is a section that
> explains using make update.
> 
> -pete
> 
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