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Date:      16 May 2004 16:40:08 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        "John Lee" <john@allservers.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: can't install openssl?
Message-ID:  <44k6zcayxj.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <008e01c43b4e$cd2f6620$fa10fea9@astral>
References:  <008e01c43b4e$cd2f6620$fa10fea9@astral>

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"John Lee" <john@allservers.net> writes:

> can't install openssl?
> 
> - latest ports.tar.gz -
> 
> [root@www root]# cd /usr/ports/security/openssl
> [root@www openssl]# make install
> Makefile error: There is a COMMENTFILE in this port.
> COMMENTFILEs have been deprecated in
> favor of COMMENT variables.
> Please, rectify this.
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop in /usr/ports/security/openssl.
> [root@www openssl]# 

Maybe you need to update the port.

More likely, you need to delete the COMMENTFILE.
[If the COMMENTFILE was on your disk, but was not in the tree the
first time you ran cvsup, then cvsup will leave it alone, on the
assumption that it is a local modification.]



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