Re: can I reinstall make?

[Ruben de Groot]

> Roger Merritt wrote:
> 
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/ports/devel/autoconf253# cd ../../lang/perl5.8
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/ports/lang/perl5.8# make deinstall
> >Missing }.
> >
> >This doesn't look good. At the moment the machine is still fulfilling 
> >its main function as a gateway to the Internet for the Windows machines 
> >in our student computer lab, but I fear for the future. How can I be 
> >sure the problem is really with 'make' and how can I fix the problem if 
> >it is?

To reinstall the original make, there's 2 options.

1) if you compiled from sources, all you need to do is

cp /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.bin/make/make /usr/bin/

2) if you installed from CD, mount the cd, go to the /bin directory
   on the CD and issue the command

cat bin.?? | tar --unlink -xpzf - -C / ./usr/bin/make

G'luck,

Ruben

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Re: can I reinstall make?

[Remko Lodder]

Roger Merritt wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/ports/devel/autoconf253# cd ../../lang/perl5.8
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/ports/lang/perl5.8# make deinstall
Missing }.
This doesn't look good. At the moment the machine is still fulfilling 
its main function as a gateway to the Internet for the Windows machines 
in our student computer lab, but I fear for the future. How can I be 
sure the problem is really with 'make' and how can I fix the problem if 
it is?

It seems that it can't interpret the Makefile enough, or that there is a 
dependency which has a missing }.

Did you try updating the ports sources via cvsup? If not, perhaps you 
can try that so you will have latest ports sources, which might have
this issue corrected. If not, you can also go to the ftp servers of 
freebsd, and download the /distfile you need (automake and autoconf for 
example) and install them with pkg_install 
That way you have a precompiled binary, which you can use, so that 
perhaps the issue goes away.

Cheers!
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