From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 14 22:25:19 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA27186 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 14 Jan 1999 22:25:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from astor.interport.net (astor.interport.net [199.184.165.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA27181 for ; Thu, 14 Jan 1999 22:25:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from molbloo@interport.net) Received: from interport.net (molbloo@park.nfs.interport.net [205.161.144.2]) by astor.interport.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA12854 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 01:25:18 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (molbloo@localhost) by interport.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id BAA09360 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 01:24:03 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 01:24:03 -0500 (EST) From: alissa bader To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: make install problem Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG hi all, I'm running into problems installing packages on my 2.2.7 box. I am installing them via ftp from the ports collection, and I suspect the root of my problem might be because I get a bit confused when I unpack the file, 227upgrade.tgz. When I type "tar xvf 227upgrade.tgz ," I get a listing of all the files in the package, but I don't see a directory named "227upgrade," which is what I am used to seeing when I uncompress a file (ok, I'm sure those of you who've read my previous mails must know I'm quite new at this). How do I compile/make the upgrade to a stable version (as far as the ports are concerned, that is) I suspect the fact that I'm not adding the stable upgrade properly is the reason why I have problems with makefiles on my machine. When I su and try to gmake a port, say, for png, I get the following messages: highlow# gmake install clean Makefile:25: *** missing separator. Stop. highlow# Please help! Thanks! --Alissa running 2.2.7 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message