Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 16:01:43 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: bnc@ieee.org Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: newbie Make question Message-ID: <20041130000143.GA72308@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <41ABB02C.1090902@verizon.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 05:26:36PM -0600, Benjamin E. Brannen wrote: > Hello, > > I have installed FreeBSD and have been running it for about two weeks now. > > I had been using the ports collection to install software. I must have > done something that has changed the environment but don't know what. > > Now when I go into a ported directory and attempt to make, it says: > make: no target to make. > > When I try make install it says: > make: don't know how to make install. Stop. > > Many of the files in the ports collection now have a ',v' after them > i.e. 'Makefile,v' 'pkg-plist,v' and Attic etc. > > Anyone with any insight would be appreciated? You cvsupped with the wrong settings, specifically your cvsupfile specified to download the entire ports CVS repository. Compare to the sample cvsupfiles in /usr/share/examples/cvsup or the documentation in the handbook. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBq7hnWry0BWjoQKURAr41AJ9WJLoOhlsVnAm8XdnuWSRHDHzNDwCeOjSN uwDQFht7H2juekijComgjBQ= =96oI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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