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From: g89r4222@kudu.ru.ac.za (Geoff Rehmet)
Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.os.386bsd.apps,comp.os.386bsd.bugs
Subject: Re: RCS compile problem
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Date: 11 Oct 93 06:35:26 GMT
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In <299l07$qnl@news.ysu.edu> ap713@yfn.ysu.edu (Christopher L. Mikkelson) writes:


>  I am trying to compile RCS version 5.6.0.1 on 386bsd 0.1 +pk 0.2.3.
>It dosen't make it past the conf.h generation part.  conf.sh terminates
>with:
>  + i=b
>  + u=269
>  + test 1 -lt 269
>  + expr ( 1 + 269 ) / 2
>  syntax error
>  + M=
>  + expr + 1
>  syntax error
>  + M1=
>  + sed ,$s|^[^#/][^/]*|/* & */| a.ha
>  sed: Unknown command
>  + exit
>I have tried this with GNU sed 1.18 and an older version of the same
>Help!
>                thank you,
>                    Chris Mikkelson

I know my response might not quite help you - but, 386bsd is dead
- rather upgrade to FreeBSD (or NetBSD if you are so inclined).
RCS is part of the FreeBSD base distribution anyhow.

Geoff.
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