more troubles with freebsd

[aswend]

root@mdma:/usr/local/src/showeq# gmake -f Makefile.dist
Syntax error: "(" unexpected (expecting "}")
gmake: *** [all] Error 2
root@mdma:/usr/local/src/showeq#


anyone seen this? or know how to fix this?!

any help is greatly appreciated :-)

thanks in advance

-- Angus

[cjm2]

You need to use
gmake -f Makefile.dist no-backup

Take a look at
http://seq.sourceforge.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=804&highlight=Freebsd

[aswend]

root@mdma:/usr/local/src/showeq# gmake -f Makefile.dist no-backup
Sat Aug 31 03:39:47 EST 2002
Adding libtool support...................................... done!
Generating aclocal.m4 from configure.in and acinclude.m4....gmake: *** [no-backup] Error 1
root@mdma:/usr/local/src/showeq#

still getting errors :\ i've read that thread, and installed all the packages... dunno whats going on :|

-- Angus

[cheeze69]

I did all the "FreeBSD" searches and did not find any answer to this either.

I cannot even get the "make -f Makefile.dist" to run on my freshly installed 4.7 machine. I have updated the entire system to the latest snapshot (as of today).

It looks like there is some difference in the make versions that are causing the ralphage.

With make:
==============================================
[raptor]/root/showeq> make -f Makefile.dist
Syntax error: "(" unexpected (expecting "}")
*** Error code 2

Stop in /root/showeq.
==============================================

With gmake:
==============================================
[raptor]/root/showeq> gmake -f Makefile.dist
Syntax error: "(" unexpected (expecting "}")
gmake: *** [all] Error 2
==============================================

With make no-backup:
==============================================
[raptor]/root/showeq> make -f Makefile.dist no-backup
Sat Oct 26 23:22:21 MDT 2002
Adding libtool support...................................... done!
Generating aclocal.m4 from configure.in and acinclude.m4.... done!
-ne \nChecking Autoheader version....................
.............[: Autoconf)
Roland

Free
free
even: unexpected operator
done!
>> Using Autoheader version................................. Autoconf)
Roland

Free
free
even!
-ne \nGenerating configure template (config.h)
....................*** Error code 1

Stop in /root/showeq.
==============================================

With gmake no-backup:
==============================================
[raptor]/root/showeq> gmake -f Makefile.dist no-backup
Sat Oct 26 23:22:56 MDT 2002
Adding libtool support...................................... done!
Generating aclocal.m4 from configure.in and acinclude.m4.... done!
-ne \nChecking Autoheader version....................
.............[: Autoconf)
Roland

Free
free
even: unexpected operator
done!
>> Using Autoheader version................................. Autoconf)
Roland

Free
free
even!
-ne \nGenerating configure template (config.h)
.................... done!
Generating Makefile.in from Makefile.am..................... done!
-ne \nChecking Autoconf version......................
.............[: Autoconf)
David

Free
free
even: unexpected operator
done!
>> Using Autoconf version................................... Autoconf)
David

Free
free
even!
-ne \nFinalizing Autoconf script (configure)..
.................... done!
Releasing temporary file handles............................ done!


******************************************
Success! Please type the following:

./configure && make


This will configure and compile ShowEQ...

If you are installing ShowEQ for the first
time, be sure to add '&& make install' to
the end of the compile process...
******************************************
==============================================

The gmake no-backup seems to get finished, but in reality, it does not generate a Makefile and all of the wierd spewage during the run indicate that it is lost in the code somewhere, but not enough to error out.

So, does anyone have any ideas on how to get around this very initial make issue? I know a little about make, but not enough to spot what is going on here (especially when it's related to the obscure differences between "gnu make" and "whatever make". :^)

Thanks,
Mike