Looks like they are assuming GNU make.
Try doing the build with 'gmake'. If you don't already have gmake installed: # pkg_add gmake On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 11:49:20PM +0200, Rachel Roch wrote: > Hi, > > The official Prometheus github repo > (https://github.com/prometheus/node_exporter) > <https://github.com/prometheus/node_exporter> appears to suggest in multiple > places that node_exporter is capable of working on OpenBSD. > > But although they provide pre-compiled binaries for multiple platforms > including NetBSD (https://github.com/prometheus/node_exporter/releases) > <https://github.com/prometheus/node_exporter/releases> they seemingly don't > provide a binary for OpenBSD. > > So I tried downloading the source and compiling it, but I get a screenful of > nasty sounding messages, e.g.: > Bad modifier: , ,$(shell $(GO) env GOPATH))) > > Bad modifier: , ,$(shell $(GO) env GOPATH))) > > No closing parenthesis in archive specification > > *** Parse error: Error in archive specification: "(, \.'))" > (Makefile.common:41) > > *** Parse error: Need an operator in 'else' (Makefile.common:51) > > *** Parse error: Need an operator in '' (Makefile.common:54) > > *** Parse error: Need an operator in '' (Makefile.common:55) > > *** Parse error: Need an operator in 'endif' (Makefile.common:61) > > Bad modifier: , ,$(shell go env GOPATH))) > > Bad modifier: , ,$(shell go env GOPATH))) > > > Given the popularity of Prometheus, I'm sure someone on-list must be actively > running it ? > > Thanks ! > > Rachel >
