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SivaDotRender
SivaDotRender

Reputation: 1651

Compiling a specific version of a freeBSD utility

I want to compile and run a specific version of a FreeBSD utility from the source code.

For example, I downloaded the repo for the following utility: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/stable/9/sbin/routed/

However, when I run the make command, I get the following error: 

"../Makefile.inc", line 3: Cannot open ../Makefile.inc
make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue
*** [all] Error code 1

Can someone point me in the right direction?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 193

Answers (1)

Roland Smith
Roland Smith

Reputation: 43495

You will need to download the whole source tree. The build system depends on pieces from different locations in the tree. Then;

  • Unpack the source in /usr/src
  • cd /usr/src/sbin/routed
  • make && make install

It looks like you want the 9-stable branch? If you have subversion available, you can do:

rm -rf /usr/src/
svn co svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/stable/9 /usr/src

(Depending on your FreeBSD version, svn may also be called svnlite) Also see the handbook.

On my machine, the complete /usr/src tree is 2445 MiB, including the .svn directory.

Edit: Note that it a program relies on system calls, library functions or other features that were introduced in a certain branch/version of FreeBSD, it will not work on older branches/versions.

Upvotes: 3

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