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Date:      Sat, 07 Feb 1998 15:56:11 +0200
From:      Ruslan Shevchenko <Ruslan@Shevchenko.kiev.ua>
To:        ACETECH Technologies <eric.reardon@acetech.co.nz>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Re ; xmkmf
Message-ID:  <34DC67F9.8598E8C2@Shevchenko.kiev.ua>
References:  <199802081150.AAA28463@fep2-orange.clear.net.nz>

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ACETECH Technologies wrote:

> Hi ;
> I am a new user to both UNIX and FREEBSD os's . I have installed from
> CD-Rom FreeBSD ver 2.0.5 onto a 486 SCSI system .The os seem's to be
> running just fine but i have a problem with loading ports from the CD-Rom
> following the online handbook , "4.3.1 Compiling ports from CD-Rom"
> .Everything seems to go just fine until i run the "make install" command .
> The ports were /games/jetpeck and games/acm , the system halts with the
> message ;
>
> xmkmf: not found
> *** Error code 2
>
> stop
> *** Error code 1
> #
>

Are you have installed X11 ?looks, like ports depends from X11, but have not
this settind in DEPENDS.

> I carried out a search of your support area's and the only referance to
> this that i found was in "17.2.5. Porting an existing piece of free
> software" where it made mention of resetting XMKMF with the command :
>
> set XMKMF=xmkmf
>
> This appeared to make no differance and still the same problem was present
>
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