From owner-freebsd-ports Mon May 15 21: 3:57 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67ED837BA21; Mon, 15 May 2000 21:03:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by picnic.mat.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA68120; Tue, 16 May 2000 00:02:01 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 00:01:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey To: Alex Root Cc: se@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: mkmf-4.11 In-Reply-To: <3920AEC8.343E10E3@twoteeth.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 15 May 2000, Alex Root wrote: > a little problem > Hi > I've installed gmake and i installed it over make (cp gmake make) > now I cant compile anything at all. > Since you make mkfm which utilises make, do you think you can tell me > in what package the "make" command can be found ? > or in what port ? > I'm running FreeBSD 3.4-RELEASE > in desperate need of help. > Thank you That was a pretty major mistake. FreeBSD's make is the BSD 4.4 make. The GNU make has many major differences, including a lot of thing I personally think they made different just because they could. I always get steamed at folks who toss in incompatibilities for no good reason. Nothing will work until you replace the make. You're running 3.4? Mail me at work tomorrow, at chuckr@torrentnet.com, I have a 3.4 machine there, I'll mail you back the original 3.4 make. Let the port do what it wants to do, which is to install the GNU make as gmake. Tip? Next time you feel like experimenting and replacing some part of the main system, rename the original file as file.orig, so if it breaks things, you can fix it. > > Regards, > Alex. W. > http://www.twoteeth.net > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, chuckr@picnic.mat.net | electronics, communications, and signal processing. New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up fictitious words in the dictionary. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message