I've just installed OpenBSD 3.4, and downloaded source code (I guess) via anonCVS. When I try to compile and install (I guess) the new source code, I get an error:
make: Don't know hot to make clean. Stop in /usr/src/sys/arch/i386/conf.

Here's the sequence of commands I went issued:

# setenv CVSROOT anoncvs@anoncvs1.ca.openbsd.org:/cvs
# cd /usr
# cvs -q get -rOPENBSD_3_4 -P src
# cd /usr/src/sys/arch/i386/conf
# /usr/sbin/config GENERIC
# cd /usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC <--ooopppsss!
# make clean && make depend && make

At this point, having left out the line indicated above as "ooopppsss!", I got the error:
make: Don't know how to make clean.
I just wanted to point that out for the benefit of anyone else who may have encountered that.

So, I ran it again from the "cd" line above the "config GENERIC" command line, and I got an error message, with a big mess of cryptic stuff above the error message, which ends with:
(bunch of junk)../../../kern/genassym.sh[172]: cc: not found
*** Error code 1
"Stop in /usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC (line 650 of Makefile)."

Since I ran the command as "make clean && make depend && make", I had no idea which command failed. So, I went back and ran "make clean". So far, so good. That one runs. Then I ran "make depend". That's the culprit. I get the same error code.

So, I tried CVS again:
# cd /usr/src
# cvs -d $CVSROOT -q up -Pd
# cd /usr/src/sys/arch/i386/conf
# /usr/sbin/config GENERIC
# cd /usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
# make clean && make depend && make

and I get the same error.

This is a new, clean install of a basic OpenBSD 3.4 system with no GUI, and very few extras, so I really don't think this should be happening.

Can anyone help me diagnose this, or point me to comprehensible resources that I can use to figure this out and fix it?

Thanks!

Did you install the comp34.tgz set? comp34 has the compiler. It sounds like the C compiler is missing.

You should be able to boot off the CD again and do (u)pgrade, then choose to install the comp34 set as part of the upgrade. It shouldn't actually change anything other than adding the compiler.

Thanks! I'll try it. It may be a few days before I get back to it, though. Things have gotten really busy around here.

For the benefit of other OpenBSD newbies, here's the solution:

I rebooted from the installation disk, chose [U]pgrade, and selected only compt34.tgz.

That seems to have worked. It seems to be compiling now.

Remember to always install comp34.tgz if you want to be able to update your system, apply patches, etc.

Thanks again, chort!

Glad to hear it worked for you!

I have to say that OpenBSD is hands-down the easiest OS to install and upgrade, and I've used everything from Win3.11 to Solaris.

The really neat thing is that if you have two machines of the same architecture, you can actually build all the system updates (not just the kernel, but actually are the release sets too) on the one machine, then install them on your second machine via [f]tp, [h]ttp, [c]d-rom, etc... I do that with my firewall since I don't have enough space to compile the system on that box. I build the release on my workstation, then put the bsd.rd on the firewall, reboot (doing boot bsd.rd from the boot> prompt), then choose [u]pgrade and point it at my [h]ttp server on the workstation. Presto remote upgrade Using this method I could get by with only the base and etc sets on the firewall.

Thanks for that. I didn't know that. I'll have to try it. OpenBSD is really a lot of fun to learn about. Very rewarding OS to work with.