On Sun, 10 Aug 2008, Chris Bennett wrote:
Wanting to learn about porting, I am following: How to Create an OpenBSD
Port and Package from
http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20080318060000
Check out http://openbsd.org/porting.html too.
Ran into problem with:
# Install myscripts under /usr/local/.
do-install:
${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKSRC}/bin/* ${PREFIX}/bin/
${INSTALL_DATA_DIR} ${PREFIX}/share/myscripts/
${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/share/myscripts/* ${PREFIX}/share/myscripts/
When I run make makesum, I get:
$ sudo make makesum
"Makefile", line 179: Need an operator
"Makefile", line 180: Need an operator
"Makefile", line 181: Need an operator
Fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue
referring to the three lines above.
How do I fix this?
Erm what exactly are you trying to do? You normally don't need to use
sudo for "make makesum" and I think you're trying to run it in
the wrong directory. Run it in the port's directory to create
the "distinfo" file after you have fetched the distfiles with
"make fetch".
If the software you're trying to port has been done right you
don't need to do your own "do-install" target
for the port. Sadly this isn't the case always.
The error you are receiving from the "sudo make makesum" command
is usually (always?) caused by trying to parse GNU Makefile
with BSD make. Your port probably needs USE_GMAKE=Yes.
--
Antti Harri
