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Subject: Re: libX11 config failure
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Larry Gadallah wrote at 19:31 -0700 on Mar 22, 2009:
 > Dear x11@FreeBSD.org:
 > 
 > For some reason, configuration for libX11 fails on the current ports
 > tree (fetched via portsnap). For your reference, I have attached the
 > config.log file per the error messages below:
 > 
 > appending configuration tag "F77" to libtool
 > checking for gcc... (cached) cc
 > checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
 > checking whether cc accepts -g... (cached) yes
 > checking for cc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed
 > checking dependency style of cc... (cached) gcc3
 > CWARNFLAGS+= -Wold-style-definition -Wdeclaration-after-statement: not found
 > checking for cpp... /usr/bin/cpp
 > checking if /usr/bin/cpp requires -undef... yes
 > checking if /usr/bin/cpp requires -traditional... yes
 > checking whether to use XCB... (cached) yes
 > ./configure: 21141: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")

bash updates have been problematic for configure lately.  $() was
fixed shortly after a recent bash4 update.  If you got bash4 during
the short "broken" window, try updating or uninstalling bash
temporarily.

It might be something like that.