From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 6 13:56:54 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52A3F1065682 for ; Sun, 6 Jul 2008 13:56:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from weak.local (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64B778FC1B; Sun, 6 Jul 2008 13:56:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: <4870CF24.30300@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:56:52 +0200 From: Kris Kennaway User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Macintosh/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: norwoh@comcast.net References: <070620081325.12363.4870C7D80001BF5A0000304B22147564020801999D0102@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <070620081325.12363.4870C7D80001BF5A0000304B22147564020801999D0102@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Makefile in FreeBSD 7.0 Stable X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:56:54 -0000 norwoh@comcast.net wrote: > I have a fresh install of FreeBSD 7.0 but it it seems several system related modules are broken. One I would like to have a solution on urgently is the "Makefile". I am not able to compile or install any program with it. The errors are too many no matter which application I try to install from ports collection. I have not built a custom kernel yet. The behavior of Makefile worries me more than anything at the moment. > > pkg_ add is minimally working itself. I am also noticing that quite many apllications in the port collection are bad. Any idea for me to get started? You'll have to start by showing us exactly what you are doing, and what is going wrong. Kris