From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Mar 24 21:40:30 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from chen.org.nz (adsl-210.54.19.51.quicksilver.net.nz [210.54.19.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67E3837B400 for ; Sun, 24 Mar 2002 21:40:24 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by chen.org.nz (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g2P5eB324120; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 17:40:11 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 17:40:11 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: Peter Hessler Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected Message-ID: <20020325174011.A24006@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from freebsd-misc@theapt.org on Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 08:28:08PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 08:28:08PM -0800, Peter Hessler wrote: > I am trying to update my 4.5-stable system, and I keep getting the > error "make: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected" The error text you're getting shows that you aren't using the standard make in /usr/bin. Looks like you're invoking GNU make instead - not a good idea; it should have been installed as "gmake" and not "make". -- Jonathan Chen ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "One, with God, is always a majority, but many a martyr has been burned at the stake while the votes were being counted." -- Thomas B. Reed To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message