esum...@ualberta.ca wrote: > Machine Type: amd64-portbld-freebsd7.1 > > Bash Version: 4.0 > Patch Level: 10 > Release Status: release > > Description: > Bash reports syntax error near unexpected token `)' for > new-style command substitution syntax, i.e., $(command) > in interactive and non-interactive shells. > > Repeat-By: > $ abc=$(ls) > bash: command substitution: line 5: syntax error near unexpected token `)' > bash: command substitution: line 5: `date)'
This is due to a problem with the BSD yacc. Rebuild the port using bison. Chet -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU c...@case.edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/
