From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 15 07:24:45 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EF32106566B; Sun, 15 Jan 2012 07:24:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rpclark@tds.net) Received: from mail-gy0-f182.google.com (mail-gy0-f182.google.com [209.85.160.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F8E58FC0A; Sun, 15 Jan 2012 07:24:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ghbf14 with SMTP id f14so1625836ghb.13 for ; Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:24:44 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.236.136.72 with SMTP id v48mr10531748yhi.34.1326612284311; Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:24:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from x1.frogdoor.org (h69-130-64-198.kgldga.dsl.dynamic.tds.net. [69.130.64.198]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id s3sm9189907ans.19.2012.01.14.23.24.43 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:24:43 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:24:41 -0500 From: Rob Clark To: John Baldwin Message-Id: <20120115022441.4c378507.rpclark@tds.net> In-Reply-To: <201201120815.50838.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <20120111161110.4258969c.rpclark@tds.net> <201201120815.50838.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.0 (GTK+ 2.22.1; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GENERIC make buildkernel error / fails - posix_fadvise X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 07:24:45 -0000 On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:15:50 -0500 John Baldwin wrote: > On Wednesday, January 11, 2012 4:11:10 pm Rob Clark wrote: > > System: Dell 600sc > > Currently running: 8.2-RELEASE > > > > In attempting to update this system to 8-STABLE I did > > what I usually do to update a system (see below). > > make buildworld completes successfully, but make > > buildkernel does not. I usually create a custom > > kernel, but for this system I went with GENERIC as > > is. > > > > The error message is: > > /usr/src/sys/kern/init_sysent.c:568: error: invalid > > application of 'sizeof' to incomplete type 'struct > > posix_fadvise_args' /usr/src/sys/kern/init_sysent.c:568: > > error: 'posix_fadvise' undeclared here (not in a > > function) *** Error code 1 > > This sounds like you have an incomplete tree that only got part of a change > (specifically, /usr/src/sys/sys/sysproto.h seems stale). Have you tried a > different cvsup mirror? > > -- > John Baldwin Sorry for the late follow-up, just got the system up and running yesterday. It appears that choosing a different mirror did the trick. Thanks for all the positive insight from everyone who responded. I learned some valuable information, and new ways of doing things along the way. Have A Great Week! Rob -- Rob Clark