make in ports not working

[Brad Kowalczyk]

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'!

Cheers,

Brad