Date: 07 Feb 2004 21:11:31 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Deling Ren <lg@home.homeunix.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can not "make clean" etc. Message-ID: <44llneuxpo.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20040207150322.M52879@sun.home.homeunix.org> References: <20040207113142.S52181@sun.home.homeunix.org> <44ptcqvaw6.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20040207150322.M52879@sun.home.homeunix.org>
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Don't top-post, please. Deling Ren <lg@home.homeunix.org> writes: > On Sat, 7 Feb 2004, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > > Deling Ren <lg+freebsd@home.homeunix.org> writes: > > > > > Hi all, I am experiencing a nasty problem: I can not "make clean" or "make > > > update" etc under /usr/port. In most of the ports, I can not even "make > > > install". They all yield a common error: > > > > > > Missing }. > > > > > > This problem also exists when I tried to compile the kernel by running > > > "config" and "make depend". But I have no problem with "make buildkernel > > > KERNCONF=...". > > > > > > I even tried to cvsup to the lastest port, didn't help. I suspect a > > > makefile that is commonly used is corrupted. Can anyone give a a clue > > > where to find it? It's 5.2 RC1. > > > > > > Any suggestion will be appreciated. > > > > Just a guess: 'which make' doesn't reply with /usr/bin/make? > > > Thanks for your reply, "which make" returned "/usr/bin/make". There are > some ports that I can "make install", such as gettext, but others have > problems, e.g. mutt. I can "make", but not "make install" :( Your ports makefiles (/usr/ports/Mk) might be corrupted somehow. Look at bsd.port.mk in particular.
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