Makefile in FreeBSD 7.0 Stable
Kris Kennaway
kris at FreeBSD.org
Sun Jul 6 19:26:44 UTC 2008
norwoh at comcast.net wrote:
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Kris Kennaway <kris at FreeBSD.org>
>> norwoh at comcast.net wrote:
>>> I have a fresh install of FreeBSD 7.0 but it it seems several system related
>> modules are broken. One I would like to have a solution on urgently is the
>> "Makefile". I am not able to compile or install any program with it. The errors
>> are too many no matter which application I try to install from ports collection.
>> I have not built a custom kernel yet. The behavior of Makefile worries me more
>> than anything at the moment.
>>> pkg_ add is minimally working itself. I am also noticing that quite many
>> apllications in the port collection are bad. Any idea for me to get started?
>>
>> You'll have to start by showing us exactly what you are doing, and what
>> is going wrong.
>>
>
> Thanks ... say you have a package:
> cd /usr/ports/sysutils/usermin
> In this folder you have Makefile, distinfo, files, pkg-descr, pkg-message, and pkg-plist
> The issue the command while in this folder:
> perl Makefile
> voila,, you get:
>
> Semicolon seems to be missing at Makefile line 9
> Bareword found where operator expected at Makefile line 11 .near "/www" [Missing operator before www?]
> syntax erro at Makefile line 10
> Execution of Makefile aborted due to Compilation errors.
>
> And many more of these errors for each and every file/application I try to install.
Why are you running that command? It's not how you build ports. Take a
look at the handbook for directions.
Kris
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