Could do a regex replacement on all the .mk files using something like s/\/\//\//g. Used to know a good way to do the above from the command line but it's been a while. Doing it in Perl would be a snap though: #!/usr/bin/perl $run_time = "Program started: ".`date`."\n"; $directory = <dir containing .mk files>; chdir( $directory ) || die "Unable to enter directory '$directory'.\n$!\n"; @files = <*.mk>; $| = 1; $instancesFixed = 0; foreach( @files ) { $run_time .= "$_\t"; open(INPUT, "<$_"); rename( $_, "$_.bak") || die "Unable to rename $_\n$!\n"; open(OUTPUT, ">$_"); while(<INPUT>) { if ( s/\/\//\//g ) { $instancesFixed++; } print OUTPUT; } } continue { $run_time .= "($instancesFixed)\n"; $instancesFixed = 0; close INPUT; close OUTPUT; } $run_time .= "Program ends: ".`date`."\n"; print $run_time; # eof I use a version of the above on a regular basis but YMMV ... always back things up before you do a global edit like the above. :) Good luck. Paul Pettit IT Manager CCB Inc. -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 4:53 PM I've found part of the problem but don't know what to do to fix it, I have just posted the following to the Oracle Installation discussion site: erroneous // strings in .mk files causing errors Oct 21, 2004 2:50 PM Reply ... If you remove the // you can cd into that lib director and find the so file easily, there are several of these. Anybody have any suggestions? -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list