From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Aug 14 11:42: 1 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mailout1-1.nyroc.rr.com (mailout1-1.nyroc.rr.com [24.92.226.146]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E20CA37B588 for ; Mon, 14 Aug 2000 11:41:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tparquet@twcny.rr.com) Received: from twcny.rr.com (bvh1-972b.twcny.rr.com [24.161.97.43]) by mailout1-1.nyroc.rr.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA29956; Mon, 14 Aug 2000 14:39:29 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <39983D8D.11D582F8@twcny.rr.com> Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 14:42:21 -0400 From: Tom Parquette X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.74 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Vinesh Christopher Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mkdir: build: File exists References: <4A78850EF802D211BB3900805FFE55550BA87F@atl_es1.megatrends.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Vinesh, When I issue 'date', the date is accurate and the time is within a couple of minutes of EDT. Cheers... Vinesh Christopher wrote: > This happens if your system time/date is set incorrectly. > Most probable reason is your system date is older than the > -STABLE date, which confuses the 'make' > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tom Parquette [SMTP:tparquet@twcny.rr.com] > > Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 11:51 PM > > To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > > Subject: mkdir: build: File exists > > > > I'm brand new to using -STABLE. I'm trying to go from 4.1-RELEASE to > > 4.1-STABLE. > > > > I set up a PC with a clean install of 4.1-RELEASE from an ISO image CD > > that I burned at work. (I set this maching up as a test bed before I > > trashed any of my live machines.) I then installed cvsup and cvsupd > > from ports. > > > > The cvs run against cvsup3.freebsd.org appears to work correctly. > > When I try make buildworld I get: > > mkdir: build: File exists > > *** Error code 1 > > > > This appears to be for /contrib/perl5/toke.c > > > > I found part of a thread in freebsd-current that appears to match my > > symptoms exactly. The thread was around 2/23/00. The last entry talked > > about 'stale dependencies' and suggested deleting /usr/obj/* and > > /usr/src/*. Then cvsuping new sources and trying again. I could find > > nothing further of the thread so I do not know how the other person made > > out. > > > > Per the Email thread, I erased /usr/src and /usr/obj, reran cvsup, and > > tried make buildworld again. > > I encountered the same error. > > > > Can anybody help a -STABLE wannabe fix this? > > Cheers... > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message