Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2014 01:47:52 +0100 From: "Steven Hartland" <killing@multiplay.co.uk> To: <Lena@lena.kiev.ua>, <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Unable to use ports on 8.3 or earlier since r352986 Message-ID: <2F159F2E10E94735814656F42D1876F2@multiplay.co.uk> References: <20140510231148.GC783@lena.kiev>
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For the record bmake doesn't work is fails to build qmake4 without even
giving an error :(
Where as copying make from 10 to the 8.3 box worked fine.
Regards
steve
----- Original Message -----
From: <Lena@lena.kiev.ua>
To: <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2014 12:11 AM
Subject: Re: Unable to use ports on 8.3 or earlier since r352986
>> > As a work-around it may be possible to install the devel/bmake port and
>> > use it for port management.
>
>> Yes this should work. Install devel/bmake, then use 'bmake' instead of
>> 'make' when interacting with the ports tree. Or install devel/fmake and
>> use 'fmake'. Either works.
>
> Or download 8.4 sources:
>
> rm -rf /usr/src
> svn export svn://svn0.us-east.FreeBSD.org/base/releng/8.4 /usr/src
>
> and upgrade the `make` binary only:
>
> cd /usr/src/usr.bin/make
> make
> make install
>
> Or (untested) copy the file /usr/bin/make from 8.4 CD or its image,
> an example for i386:
>
> fetch ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386/8.4/FreeBSD-8.4-RELEASE-i386-livefs.iso
> mdconfig -f FreeBSD-8.4-RELEASE-i386-livefs.iso
> mount_cd9660 /dev/md0 /mnt
> cp -p /usr/bin/make /usr/bin/make.bak
> cp /mnt/usr/bin/make /usr/bin/make
> umount /mnt
> mdconfig -d -u 0
>
> Or if i386 then you can use the binary from my 8.4:
>
> fetch http://lena.kiev.ua/make84.bin
> cp -p /usr/bin/make /usr/bin/make.bak
> cp make84.bin /usr/bin/make
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