Brian,

You need to build a new version of 'config' first. Get the source from
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-current/tar_files/src/config.tar.
gz

Unpack, make, make install and then try Step 1 again...

Gunnar

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>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Brian D Chase [SMTP:brianc@carpediem.com]
>Sent:	Thursday, June 12, 1997 11:47 AM
>To:	NetBSD/VAX Mailing List
>Cc:	Bertram Barth
>Subject:	Re: Compiling NetBSD-current sources...
>
>Step 1
>------
>atari-vax# pwd
>/usr/src/sys/arch/vax/conf
>atari-vax# config ./GENERIC 
>../../../../conf/files:7: syntax error
>*** Stop.
>atari-vax# 
>
>At this point I'm too tired to continue.  Have I done something really
>stupid here?
>