Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 09:22:31 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Marty Poulin <mpoulin@honk.org> Cc: snoonan@cx952600-a.fed1.sdca.home.com, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CVSup / make world problems Message-ID: <19990925092231.X54407@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.990924161844.8260B-100000@spectre>; from Marty Poulin on Fri, Sep 24, 1999 at 04:20:39PM -0400 References: <35581CA8EEF2D011BA0000805F95055A01041373@deneb.nosc.mil> <Pine.LNX.3.96.990924161844.8260B-100000@spectre>
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On Friday, 24 September 1999 at 16:20:39 -0400, Marty Poulin wrote: > The people in -questions will be much better equipped to answer this one. > CC'd to them. Agreed. > On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, Noonan, Mr Sean P. wrote: >> I'm a FreeBSD newbie and have a problem. >> >> I just learned about CVSup from the article at >> http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml >> <http://www.samag.com/archive/0809/feature.shtml>; . I was able to update >> all my 3.2-RELEASE source files an then attempted a 'make world'. >> >> About five minutes into it, it blows up with: >> . >> rm -rf lib ext Porting hints build >> rm -f .depend /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/perl/miniperl/GPATH >> /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/perl/miniperl/GRTAGS >> /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/perl/miniperl/GSYMS >> /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/perl/miniperl/GTAGS >> ===> gnu/usr.bin/perl/perl >> "Makefile", line 24: Malformed conditional (${PERL_THREADED} == "yes") >> "Makefile", line 24: Need an operator >> "Makefile", line 26: if-less endif >> "Makefile", line 26: Need an operator >> make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue >> >> I figured the probem is with the file >> /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/perl/perl/Makefile. I found the reference to >> '(${PERL_THREADED} == "yes"' in this file but nothing "pops out at me" as >> being messed up. That in itself is messed up. The error messages refer to lines 24 to 26; the correct Makefile is 10 lines long and has no reference to PERL_THREADED. I'd guess that you have the wrong Makefile, and the error messages suggest that it was intended for use with GNU make. >> Can anyone offer a suggestion as to how to proceed? I'd really >> like to know about the thought process involved, so I can fix >> problems like this in the future on my own. That's a tough one to start with. But I'd guess that something went wrong in CVSupping. It's difficult to say what, of course. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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