Hi, on a Dell gx270 512m of ram, 40 gig hd, 3ghz P4, em0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection did custom install installed all installed from packages the following: bash-2.05b.007 The GNU Bourne Again Shell cvsup-without-gui-16.1h General network file distribution system optimized for CVS went into the bash shell cd /usr/src and typed make buildworld the build world fails as follows: -------------------------------------------------------------->>> stage 2: build tools-------------------------------------------------------------- cd /usr/src; MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX=/usr/obj DESTDIR= INSTALL="sh /usr/src/tools/install.sh" make -f Makefile.inc1 -DBOOTSTRAPPING build-tools echo "===> bin/csh"; cd /usr/src/bin/csh; make DIRPRFX=bin/csh/ obj; make DIRPRFX=bin/csh/ build-tools ===> bin/csh ===> bin/csh/nls ===> bin/csh/nls/finnish ===> bin/csh/nls/french ===> bin/csh/nls/german ===> bin/csh/nls/greek ===> bin/csh/nls/italian ===> bin/csh/nls/ja ===> bin/csh/nls/russian ===> bin/csh/nls/spanish ===> bin/csh/nls/ukrainian grep 'ERR_' /usr/src/bin/csh/../../contrib/tcsh/sh.err.c | grep '^#define' >> sh.err.h cc -E -O -pipe -I. -I/usr/src/bin/csh -I/usr/src/bin/csh/../../contrib/tcsh -D_PATH_TCSHELL='"/bin/csh"' -Wall -Wformat -D__FBSDID=__RCSID /usr/src/bin/csh/../../contrib/tcsh/tc.const.c /usr/src/bin/csh/../../contrib/tcsh/sh.char.h /usr/src/bin/csh/config.h /usr/src/bin/csh/../../contrib/tcsh/config_f.h /usr/src/bin/csh/../../contrib/tcsh/sh.types.h sh.err.h -D_h_tc_const | grep 'Char STR' | sed -e 's/Char \([a-zA-Z0-9_]*\)\(.*\)/extern Char \1[];/' | sort >> tc.const.h In file included from /usr/src/bin/csh/../../contrib/tcsh/tc.h:41, from /usr/src/bin/csh/../../contrib/tcsh/sh.h:1191, from /usr/src/bin/csh/../../contrib/tcsh/tc.const.c:33: /usr/src/bin/csh/../../contrib/tcsh/tc.sig.h:50: Invalid token in expression cc -o gethost -static -O -pipe -I. -I/usr/src/bin/csh -I/usr/src/bin/csh/../../contrib/tcsh -D_PATH_TCSHELL='"/bin/csh"' -Wall -Wformat -D__FBSDID=__RCSID /usr/src/bin/csh/../../contrib/tcsh/gethost.c In file included from /usr/src/bin/csh/../../contrib/tcsh/tc.h:41, from /usr/src/bin/csh/../../contrib/tcsh/sh.h:1191, from /usr/src/bin/csh/../../contrib/tcsh/gethost.c:33: /usr/src/bin/csh/../../contrib/tcsh/tc.sig.h:50: Invalid token in expression *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src/bin/csh. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src. -- _______________________________________________________________________________ A.G. Russell IV KC5KFD The Knife Company e-mail: ag4 at theknifecompany dot com Phone 479-631-0055 FAX 479-631-8734 Old Klingon Saying -- 'oH majQa' yIn je bang, Qo' bang -------------------------------------------------------------------------------