Strange compile error

[John Smith]

On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 9:09 PM, Darren Tucker <dtucker at zip.com.au> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 07:57:30PM +0200, John Smith wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Ive just downloaded OpenSSH 5.0, but I get some strange errors when I
>> try to do the build on my RHEL4 box :
>>
>> # cd ssh
>> # make obj
>> Makefile:3: *** missing separator.  Stop.
>> # make cleandir
>> Makefile:3: *** missing separator.  Stop.
>> # make obj
>> Makefile:3: *** missing separator.  Stop.
>>
>> Ive followed the instructions as mentioned on the OpenSSH build page,
>> but I can't seem to figure out what I am doing wrong here. Any and all
>> help would sincerely be appreciated.
>
> You're following the OpenBSD build instructions on a Linux box.  You need
> the instructions for the Portable release:
> http://www.openssh.com/portable.html and the openssh-5.0p1.tar.gz tarball.
>
Thanks, that did the trick.


Regards,


John Smith.