"don't know how to make .gitignore"

Question

We are trying to install openvpn 2.3.5 on freeBSD. Build collapses with : "don't know how to make .gitignore".

There's very little I could find on the subject. The relevant lines that reference the file name are here:

Line 458:

dist_noinst_DATA = .gitignore .gitattributes config-version.h.in PORTS \
README.IPv6 TODO.IPv6 README.polarssl openvpn.sln msvc-env.bat \
msvc-dev.bat msvc-build.bat $(am__append_2)

and

Line 191

am__dist_noinst_DATA_DIST = .gitignore .gitattributes \
config-version.h.in PORTS README.IPv6 TODO.IPv6 \
README.polarssl openvpn.sln msvc-env.bat msvc-dev.bat \
msvc-build.bat INSTALL-win32.txt

Anybody out there have this issue? What might be the cause?

Answer 1

Are you installing OpenVPN from source?

The intended way to install from source is to compile a port (make -C /usr/ports/security/openvpn install clean).

Or you can just install a binary package: pkg install openvpn.

More information on installing software on FreeBSD: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html