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From: "Dave Korn" <dave DOT korn AT artimi DOT com>
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Subject: RE: Ping Source Problem
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:21:23 +0100
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On 20 September 2006 13:14, Stephen Grant Brown wrote:

> I have downloaded the source for ping but when I go to compile it I get the
> following output.
> 
> Stephen AT JIREH /usr/src
> $ ./ping-1.0-1.sh all
> ./ping-1.0-1.sh: line 325: syntax error near unexpected token `&&'
> ./ping-1.0-1.sh: line 325: `    all)            checksig && prep && && build
> &&
> install && \'

  That's a genuine bug.  Edit the file and remove one of those duplicated
'&&'s

Before:
> `    all)            checksig && prep && && build && install && \'

After:
> `    all)            checksig && prep && build && install && \'

  It's a cut'n'paste error.  The maintainer removed the 'conf' stage that
exists in most packages since ping is so simple it doesn't have a configure
script.

> I have also downloaded the source for dpkg, inetutils and ncftp and I am not
> able to compile any of them.
> What do I do to fix these problems?

  Explain what goes wrong?


    cheers,
      DaveK
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