Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 20:19:52 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't build ports on older FreeBSD machine Message-ID: <20050419031952.GA90643@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200504180758.BAA10753@lariat.org> References: <200504180758.BAA10753@lariat.org>
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On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 01:58:44AM -0600, Brett Glass wrote:
> I've been asked to upgrade some software on an older FreeBSD 4.x box. (T=
he
> owner is getting ready to move to a new box with 4.11 but can't take the
> machine out of production just yet.) I upgraded all of the ports via CVS,=
and
> then discovered that none of them would build. When I try to build a port,
> I get messages like
>=20
> "/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk", line 4852: Malformed conditional (defined(US=
E_RCORDER) || defined(USE_RC_SUBR) && ${USE_RC_SUBR:U} !=3D "YES")
>=20
> I'm not sure, but it appears that the master Makefile for the ports colle=
ction
> was updated during the CVS update and requires features that the "make" u=
tility=20
> which shipped with that version of FreeBSD doesn't have. (Correct me if I=
'm
> wrong here, but that's what it looks like at first glance.) How can I bui=
ld=20
> ports on that box? Note that I may be in a bit of a Catch-22 situation,
> since any solution that requires installing a new "make" won't work if I =
have
> to build it from a port.
Fortunately, make is not built from a port. You need to update your
version of FreeBSD to use ports on that box.
Kris
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