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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: custom kernel compile error
Date: 19 May 1997 09:47:47 GMT
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mpayton@postoffice.ptd.net wrote:

> ".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 \
> 
> Any ideas as to what I'm missing ?  Like I said, I'm not familiar with the
> FreeBSD method of building a custom kernel, and don't have a clue what
> "operator" is missing.  Any help is appeciated.

Your .depend file is mangled.  This /usr/src/sys/compile/SKIDPLATE
doesn't belong there.  I suggest removing the file, and running `make
depend' just once more.  If the problem persists, something must be
wrong with your Makefile (or even the Makefile.i386 template in
/sys/i386/conf/).

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)