mksignames.c fails to build on freeBSD. If you apply the following patch the shell builds and based on very limited testing the dash appears to work. diff -urN dash-0.5.5.1/src/mksignames.c dash/src/mksignames.c --- dash-0.5.5.1/src/mksignames.c 2009-01-14 01:37:13.000000000 +0200 +++ dash/src/mksignames.c 2009-11-08 09:27:50.000000000 +0200 @@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ */ #define LASTSIG NSIG-1 -char *signal_names[2 * NSIG + 3]; +#if defined(__FreeBSD__) + char *signal_names[SIGRTMAX]; +#else + char *signal_names[2 * NSIG + 3]; +#endif #define signal_names_size (sizeof(signal_names)/sizeof(signal_names[0])) Files dash-0.5.5.1/src/mksignames.core and dash/src/mksignames.core differ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe dash" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html