From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 20 00:57:27 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C0DB17097A for ; Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:57:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brad@ibiscode.com) Received: from customer-domains.icp-qv1-irony15.iinet.net.au (customer-domains.icp-qv1-irony15.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90A7B13C481 for ; Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:57:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brad@ibiscode.com) Received: from 210-84-61-200.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO [192.168.1.33]) ([210.84.61.200]) by iinet-mail.icp-qv1-irony15.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 20 Feb 2007 08:57:23 +0800 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ah4FALLV2UXSVD3IUGdsb2JhbAANhzaHSwEBKpMEAQEB X-IronPort-AV: i="4.14,192,1170604800"; d="scan'208"; a="61911835:sNHT8049372" Message-ID: <45DA476F.1080809@ibiscode.com> Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:57:19 +1100 From: Brad Kowalczyk User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kris Kennaway References: <45DA37CB.7090905@ibiscode.com> <20070220004508.GA44929@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20070220004508.GA44929@xor.obsecurity.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make in ports not working X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:57:27 -0000 Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 10:50:35AM +1100, Brad Kowalczyk wrote: > >>Hi >> >>I get the following error when trying to make from the ports tree: >> >>"/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk", line 2292: warning: String comparison >>operator should be either == or != >>"/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk", line 2292: warning: String comparison >>operator should be either == or != >>"/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk", line 2292: Malformed conditional >>(((${OSVERSION} < 504105 || (${OSVERSION} >= 600000 && ${OSVERSION} < >>600103) || (${OSVERSION} >= 700000 && ${OSVERSION} < 700012)) && >>${PKGORIGIN} != "ports-mgmt/pkg_install") || >>exists(${LOCALBASE}/sbin/pkg_info)) >>"/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk", line 2293: warning: String comparison >>operator should be either == or != >>"/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk", line 2293: warning: String comparison >>operator should be either == or != >>"/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk", line 2293: Malformed conditional >>((${OSVERSION} < 504105 || (${OSVERSION} >= 600000 && ${OSVERSION} < >>600103) || (${OSVERSION} >= 700000 && ${OSVERSION} < 700012)) && >>${PKGORIGIN} != "ports-mgmt/pkg_install") >>"/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk", line 2308: if-less else >>"/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk", line 2308: Need an operator >>"/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk", line 2322: if-less endif >>"/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk", line 2322: Need an operator >>"/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk", line 5987: if-less endif >>"/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk", line 5987: Need an operator >>make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue >> >>Any help appreciated >> >>Also I am not subscribed to the list so reply-all. > > > You forgot to mention which version of FreeBSD you're running, but > it's probably an ancient one that is no longer supported. > > Kris > > yup ok its an ancient one: su-2.05a# uname -v FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE : Tue Apr 8 11:35:48 GMT 2003 I am stuck with it (its a virtual server) so is there any way i can get ports working? I just love 'portinstall xyz'! Cheers, Brad