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Date:      Sun, 24 Mar 2002 22:56:03 -0700 (MST)
From:      "M. Warner Losh" <imp@village.org>
To:        jonc@chen.org.nz
Cc:        freebsd-misc@theapt.org, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: make: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
Message-ID:  <20020324.225603.121860647.imp@village.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020325174011.A24006@grimoire.chen.org.nz>
References:  <a05101000b8c4545cfe6c@[208.201.244.160]> <20020325174011.A24006@grimoire.chen.org.nz>

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In message: <20020325174011.A24006@grimoire.chen.org.nz>
            Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> writes:
: On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 08:28:08PM -0800, Peter Hessler wrote:
: > I am trying to update my 4.5-stable system, and I keep getting the 
: > error "make: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected" 
: 
: The error text you're getting shows that you aren't using the standard
: make in /usr/bin. Looks like you're invoking GNU make instead - not a
: good idea; it should have been installed as "gmake" and not "make".

It might also be due to a corrupt make binary.  The kernel thinks it
is a shell script...

Warner

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