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From: abraxas@mind.net (heart of the sun)
Subject: Re: src dist compile problems
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>
>> I am running 2.0.5 which I downloaded and installed about a month ago it
>> seems.  I was having some problems getting perl to compile on this so I
>> reasoned perhaps incorrectly that updating the os might help.  I mirrored
>> the src tre and installed it in /usr/FreeBSD/src and from that directory, I
>> tried to do a make world.  It went a way through this and couldn't find a
>> bunch of things so it stopped.  I have the feeling that i am doing something
>> incorrectly.  If someone could refer me to some docs that might help me out,
>> that would be great!
>
>The src tree expects to be under /usr/src, so better move your old tree
>under some other name and put the new tree with a symlink to /usr/src.
>
>
Is there a collection af faqs that deal with maintaining a box running
FreeBSD?  If therewas, it would be a great help.

Thanks,

Alan