Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 07:46:09 +0200 From: Jacques Hugo <jacques@ctech.ac.za> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Maybe it's just me. Message-ID: <3653B0A1.41C67EA6@wired.ctech.ac.za>
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Hi ... Simple question. I love the way in which FreeBSD handles its ports. I usually go into the distfiles directory, download source, compile and install it. Very simple. No rpms, just compile it. But why does it sometimes break? For instance ... I download InterViews 3.1, get the patches, and on a xmkmf -a I get ----------------- mv -f Makefile Makefile.bak imake -DUseInstalled -I/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/config make Makefiles "Makefile", line 624: Missing dependency operator "Makefile", line 625: Missing dependency operator "Makefile", line 626: Missing dependency operator make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue *** Error code 1 --------------- What is this? According to the ports collection, you require no other packages, just some patches and it "should" compile the first time. Should I become a guru in Makefiles, or am I screwing up here. I prefer compiling source myself, if I wanted to install packages, I would run a Linux box. Any pointers will help. Cheers -Jacques ------------------------------------------------------ The box said "Requires Windows 3.1 or better" ... so I got BSD Network Administrator | Jacques Hugo UNIX Systems | jacques@ctech.ac.za Cape Technikon | +27-21-4603584 ------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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