Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 11:21:01 +1000 From: Daniel Hyde <daniel.hyde@gmail.com> To: "Michael A. Alestock" <michaela@maa-net.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem using "MAKE" Message-ID: <c7f6f0f205032917213f32ce0d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <57d710000503291056250e9fbb@mail.gmail.com> References: <20050328201850.U2853@bsd.maa-net.net> <57d710000503291056250e9fbb@mail.gmail.com>
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This sounds as if you are missing the Makefile. Do you have a Makefile in /usr/src? If not, this is your problem. The Makefile should be installed by the "base" package within the "src" distribution. To install this, you need to be root, then: /stand/sysinstall Go to Configure->Distributions->src Make sure to install the "base" package. When doing anything with sources you will need this, as well as the distribution that contains the appropriate sources. On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:56:49 -0800, pete wright <nomadlogic@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:21:07 -0500 (EST), Michael A. Alestock > <michaela@maa-net.net> wrote: > > I'm trying to update my source tree. When I 'CD' to /usr/src and execute > > the command, "make update" I get this error.... > > > > make: don't know how to make update. Stop > > > > Am I missing something? Did I forget to install a port to aid in the MAKE > > process?? > > > > check out /etc/make.conf, or if that does not exist copy > /usr/share/example/etc/make.conf to /etc. I would read this file (and > do a "man 5 make.conf" too). In make.conf there is a section that > explains using make update. > > -pete > > -- > ~~o0OO0o~~ > Pete Wright > www.nycbug.org > NYC's *BSD User Group > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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