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Subject: Re: Trouble with RPM port
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Frederico Franzosi <ffranzosi@gmail.com> writes:

> I'm having some strange troubles with RPM port, I already tried to
> cvsup, but the error is still there could anybody get the solution
> from that output:
> ----------------
> ===>  Configuring for rpm-3.0.6_10
> ./configure: 123: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")
> ===>  Script "configure" failed unexpectedly.
> Please report the problem to ports@FreeBSD.org [maintainer] and attach the
> "/usr/ports/archivers/rpm/work/rpm-3.0.6/config.log" including the output of
> the failure of your make command. Also, it might be a good idea to provide
> an overview of all packages installed on your system (e.g. an `ls
> /var/db/pkg`)
> ---------------
> I already submited the problem to the address but it seems they didn't
> have enough time to correct it, or maybe I've done something wrong.
> Anyway, any solutions??


It's hard to say, because no one else is seeing this problem. 
Are you perhaps picking up a different configure executable?
What is at line 123 of the configure script?
Have you perhaps replaced /bin/sh?
What version of FreeBSD are you running?