From owner-freebsd-newbies Sat Mar 2 18:42:24 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C54F37B402 for ; Sat, 2 Mar 2002 18:42:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from hades.hell.gr (patr530-a174.otenet.gr [212.205.215.174]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g232gHou000048; Sun, 3 Mar 2002 04:42:18 +0200 (EET) Received: (from charon@localhost) by hades.hell.gr (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g232gF270477; Sun, 3 Mar 2002 04:42:15 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 04:42:15 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Shawn Halloran Cc: freebsd-newbie Subject: Re: make: fatal errors encountered Message-ID: <20020303024215.GA69434@hades.hell.gr> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 2002-03-02 11:44, Shawn Halloran wrote: > I'm trying to install the type 1 fonts per the instructions in the Handbook, and I keep getting an error. I'm not sure how I should correct the problem. > > >From root, as su, I type: > > # cd /usr/ports/x11-fonts/urwfonts > # make install clean > > I receive the following error report: > > "/etc/make.conf", Line 1: need an operator > make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue > > How do I correct this problem?? What do the first few lines of /etc/make.conf include? The error message indicates that there is something wrong with the very first line of your /etc/make.conf file. Giorgos Keramidas FreeBSD Documentation Project keramida@{freebsd.org,ceid.upatras.gr} http://www.FreeBSD.org/docproj/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message