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From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To: MANCUSO ANTHONY J <am5008@csc.albany.edu>
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Subject: Re: syntax error in MAKEDEV?
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On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 11:31:37PM -0500, MANCUSO ANTHONY J wrote:
> Hello, I've looked through the doc's and FAQs, but havent seen my problem.
> I just installed FreeBSD 4.4-RC5, yesterday.  I recompiled the kernel
> today, to add soundcard support.  When I tried to run sh MAKEDEV snd0, i
> got a syntax error on line 1411 of MAKEDEV.  exact error was:
> MAKEDEV[1411]: syntax error: ')' unexpected.  My sound still worked,
> without doing this step, but some people have told me that it could be bad
> not to do this.  I 'didnot' edit the file MAKEDEV in anyway.  if you could
> help me out I'd appreciate it. Thanks
> -Tony

4.4-RC5 was a prerelease..this might have been fixed in 4.4-RELEASE,
which you should try.

Kris

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