From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 22 15:19:52 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@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 80E1137C405 for ; Mon, 22 Apr 2002 15:10:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from grimoire.chen.org.nz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chen.org.nz (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g3MLk83D045153; Tue, 23 Apr 2002 09:46:08 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from jonc@grimoire.chen.org.nz) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by grimoire.chen.org.nz (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g3MLk7cK045152; Tue, 23 Apr 2002 09:46:07 +1200 (NZST) Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 09:46:07 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: Casey Scott Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Building ports Message-ID: <20020423094607.A45113@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: <20020422124144.P1185-100000@cdstech.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020422124144.P1185-100000@cdstech.net>; from casey@cdstech.net on Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 12:45:20PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 12:45:20PM -0500, Casey Scott wrote: > > I am trying to build a couple of things from the ports collection, > and have read the page on building ports on the freebsd website. I > downloaded both ports, and they are in their own directories. The > problem is that both ports (imap-wu & cclient) give this error when I do > make, I get this error from BOTH ports!: > > Makefile:24: *** missing separator. Stop. My guess: You're using GNU make instead of the system's BSD make. Remove your installation of GNU make, reinstall it using the ports systm. That way there's no confusion between it and the system's make(1). -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "I don't want to achive immortality through my works.. I want to achieve it through not dying" - Woody Allen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message