In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jonathan Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 08:28:08PM -0800, Peter Hessler wrote: : > I am trying to update my 4.5-stable system, and I keep getting the : > error "make: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected" : : The error text you're getting shows that you aren't using the standard : make in /usr/bin. Looks like you're invoking GNU make instead - not a : good idea; it should have been installed as "gmake" and not "make".
It might also be due to a corrupt make binary. The kernel thinks it is a shell script... Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message