Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 20:05:53 +0000 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Lee Harr <missive@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Max recursion level (500) exceeded. Message-ID: <20050315200553.GQ91771@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <BAY2-F2807620CBDB3BC822A277FB1570@phx.gbl> References: <20050315172854.GG91771@hub.freebsd.org> <BAY2-F2807620CBDB3BC822A277FB1570@phx.gbl>
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On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 12:05:44AM +0430, Lee Harr wrote: > >> I am getting this error when cleaning in ports directories > >> (it seems perhaps only on ports involving python): > >> > >> make: Max recursion level (500) exceeded.: Resource temporarily > >unavailable > >> > >> > >> It takes a very long time, but then portmanager or portupgrade > >> will continue on and the install or upgrade seems to work fine. > >> > >> Is this a known issue? > > > >Usually caused by setting an illegal option (usually USE_*) in the > >environment, make.conf or command-line. > > > > > The only one I have is > USE_ZOPE=YES > > I grepped through ports/Mk and it is still mentioned there, > so I think it is still legal. > > the env is clean and only make clean on the command-line. USE_* are never legal to specify in the user environment; they are for internal port use only and cause recursions if they're present globally. You want WITH_*/WITHOUT_*. Kris
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