Error 127 During Makeinstall Phase of Upgrade (4.8-4.9)

[Lowell Gilbert]

"Bob Perry" <rperry4 at earthlink.net> writes:

> I was attempting to upgrade from 4.8 to 4.9 and the program stopped
> during the makeinstall phase with the following error messages:
> 
> ==>gnu/usr.bin/groff/font/devascii
> Making R
> expr: not found
> ***Error code 127

Is your computer's clock set correctly?