From owner-freebsd-bugs Thu Feb 23 13:37:02 1995 Return-Path: bugs-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id NAA13445 for bugs-outgoing; Thu, 23 Feb 1995 13:37:02 -0800 Received: from grunt.grondar.za (grunt.grondar.za [196.7.18.129]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id NAA13408; Thu, 23 Feb 1995 13:36:29 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grunt.grondar.za (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id XAA01084; Thu, 23 Feb 1995 23:35:42 +0200 Message-Id: <199502232135.XAA01084@grunt.grondar.za> X-Authentication-Warning: grunt.grondar.za: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: bugs@FreeBSD.org, ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: MH does not compile?? Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 23:35:41 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: bugs-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk There has gotta be something _really_ obvious that I am missing here: When I try to build MH (I am running -current +- 17th Feb), I get this (narrowed down to a directory typical of the error): bash# pwd /usr/ports/mail/mh/work/mh-6.8.3/dist bash# make clean "Makefile", line 68: Need an operator >>> **** see line 68 below **** <<< Fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue Now I am jiggered if I can find the problem, except that I have narrowed it down to this sort of construct; there is always a target of true:; (true-colon-semicolon) followed by some junk (usually a comment), and it barfs on the junk. Here is an extract of the relevant makefile (in this case (/usr/ports/mail/mh/work/mh-6.8.3/dist/Makefile): --------------------------8<-------Makefile-------------------------- true:; ############################################################# # Documentation Set ############################################################# <-- Line 68 --------------------------8<-------Makefile-------------------------- In my experience, this error means a solitary tab or space on an otherwise empty line. In this case, that ain't the case, and there are a few of the buggers! (true:;'s). Makefile boffins, any comments? M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200