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From: conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: custom kernel compile error
Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 18:57:48 -0500
Organization: NeoSoft, Inc.
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In article <863989198.10072@dejanews.com>, <mpayton@postoffice.ptd.net> wrote:
>I just got a freebsd system going, running 2.2.1, and I'm trying to
>compile a custom kernel. I've done this in linux, but I'm just not
>familiar with the freebsd method. Anyway, "make depend" completes without
>errors, but when I run "make" I get the following message :
> make
>".depend", line 2439: Need an operator
>Fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue
>
>Lines 2438 - 2440 of .depend look like this :
>
> ../i386/i386/support.s ../../i386/i386/swtch.s ../../i386/i386/locore.s
>/usr/src/sys/compile/SKIDPLATE
>exception.o: ../../i386/i386/exception.s npx.h assym.s \
Check your Makefile and/or kernel config. Looks like you have a wrapped
line somewhere with no continuation operator ("\").
--
Conrad Sabatier
http://www.neosoft.com/~conrads