On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Hugo Osvaldo Barrera <h...@osvaldobarrera.com.ar> wrote: > I've tried building python 2.6 from ports since I need setuptools for 2.6. > However, when I try to make install (or any other sort of make), I get > this error: > > # pwd > /usr/ports/devel/py-setuptools > # make install > Makefile:28: *** missing separator.B Stop. > # > > I get the same error for python/2.6 (just different line). > > I read that "missing separator" usually refers to there being spaces > instead of tabs: I HAVEN'T modified Makefile yet (since I actually > forgot), but I don't want to do so if I can't even get it to compile > WITHOUT changing anything. > > Any ideas?
sounds like a cvs conflict. Look in the Makefiles, the main Makefile, any that may be included either through direct include directive or indirect via use of MODULEs and see if there are "<<<<<<<" patterns. Easy way to fix this is to remove the Makefiles and cvs update them again. --patrick
