Creating pkg-plist - problems

[Jona Joachim]

vittorio wrote:
> Under 6.1 I'm trying to build a port (R-2.3.1) following the instructions in 
> the porters-handbook and particularly I'm having a go at creating the 
> pkg-plist file as suggested in the point 7.5 of
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/plist-autoplist.html
> 
> now,there is said:
>  
> "Next, create a temporary directory tree into which your port can be 
> installed, and install any dependencies.
> # mkdir /var/tmp/$(make -V PORTNAME)
> # mtree -U -f $(make -V MTREE_FILE) -d -e -p /var/tmp/$(make -V PORTNAME)
> # make depends PREFIX=/var/tmp/$(make -V PORTNAME)"
> 
> but, when I try:
> 
> % make -V PORTNAME
> R
> 
> BUT
> % mkdir /var/tmp/$(make -V PORTNAME)
> the answer is 
> "Nome di variabile non lecito" that is "variable name not allowed"
> 
> What's wrong with it?

This is Bourne shell syntax and you are using tcsh. Either type "sh" and
follow the instructions or replace $(make -V PORTNAME) by `make -V PORTNAME`

--jona