Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 20:19:52 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't build ports on older FreeBSD machine Message-ID: <20050419031952.GA90643@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200504180758.BAA10753@lariat.org> References: <200504180758.BAA10753@lariat.org>
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--k1lZvvs/B4yU6o8G Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 01:58:44AM -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > I've been asked to upgrade some software on an older FreeBSD 4.x box. (T= he > owner is getting ready to move to a new box with 4.11 but can't take the > machine out of production just yet.) I upgraded all of the ports via CVS,= and > then discovered that none of them would build. When I try to build a port, > I get messages like >=20 > "/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk", line 4852: Malformed conditional (defined(US= E_RCORDER) || defined(USE_RC_SUBR) && ${USE_RC_SUBR:U} !=3D "YES") >=20 > I'm not sure, but it appears that the master Makefile for the ports colle= ction > was updated during the CVS update and requires features that the "make" u= tility=20 > which shipped with that version of FreeBSD doesn't have. (Correct me if I= 'm > wrong here, but that's what it looks like at first glance.) How can I bui= ld=20 > ports on that box? Note that I may be in a bit of a Catch-22 situation, > since any solution that requires installing a new "make" won't work if I = have > to build it from a port. Fortunately, make is not built from a port. You need to update your version of FreeBSD to use ports on that box. Kris --k1lZvvs/B4yU6o8G Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCZHjXWry0BWjoQKURAhRpAKCA2BEBn0XIg1fr5PYX/HZ22Ly/YgCfeFhs AK51oIMP6Y6LdlKScu145YE= =mF7/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --k1lZvvs/B4yU6o8G--
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