From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 14 22:31:24 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA27863 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 14 Jan 1999 22:31:24 -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 WAA27855 for ; Thu, 14 Jan 1999 22:31:22 -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 BAA13691 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 01:31:24 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (molbloo@localhost) by interport.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id BAA09532 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 01:30:09 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 01:30:08 -0500 (EST) From: alissa bader To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: make install problem: addendum In-Reply-To: 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 Sorry. I meant to type: "tar xvzf 227upgrade.tgz" in my question. --Alissa On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, alissa bader wrote: > > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message