Jay Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am attempting to compile Perl 5.8.8 on FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE. I make
> it through the configuration just fine, but when I attempt to run the
> make command, I receive the following error message. I am creating a
> custom install. The only parameter I am changing is the installation
> location.
>
> make: don't know how to make <command-line>. Stop.
>
> I have run make depend, and it finishes without any problems.
>
> I'm sure this is something simple I am missing because I have been
> looking at the problem for so long.
>
> Thanks in advance for your assistance.
Even for non-standard location installs, I recommend using the ports
instead of building yourself, but if you really want to do it by hand,
expect to need to know a bit more about what you're doing. In this
case, I suspect you need to use gmake instead of (the native) make.
--
Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area
http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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