I could sure use a way around the strange error I get when trying to update devel/apr on 7.4-STABLE FreeBSD

Greg Larkin glarkin at FreeBSD.org
Tue May 24 16:35:11 UTC 2011


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On 5/24/11 11:56 AM, Edwin L. Culp W. wrote:
> The compile finishes during configuration with:
> 
> checking for minix/config.h... no
> checking whether it is safe to define __EXTENSIONS__... yes
> checking for library containing strerror... none required
> checking whether system uses EBCDIC... no
> performing libtool configuration...
> ./configure: 9904: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")
> *** Error code 2
> 
> Stop in /new/usr/local/ports/devel/apr1.
> *** Error code 1
> 
> I posted this about 10 days ago but thought that it would be fixec
> with portgrading but it hasn't and the error makes me think there is a
> conflict with one of my ports that is out of date or . . . .?

Hi Edwin,

Please post 10 to 20 lines of your configure script, centered around
line 9904.  Once someone sees that, it may become easier to troubleshoot
the issue for you.

Thank you,
Greg
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