Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 13:02:31 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: Aram Khalili <aram@cs.umd.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel compile problem Message-ID: <3CF68557.6030105@owt.com> References: <Pine.SOL.4.33.0205301534050.2691-100000@toblerone.cs.umd.edu>
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Aram Khalili wrote:
> On Thu, 30 May 2002, Kent Stewart wrote:
>
>
>>If you are using a "make buildkernel" it should not look at
>>/usr/include.
>>
>
> Where else does it look for standard header files?
>
>
>>It really sounds like you have a inappropriate kernel
>>configuration. What are the error messages?
>>
>
> The kernel conf is unchanged from successful compiles. This problem
> started about 2-3 weeks ago. The offending command and error are:
>
> cd /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/apocalypse.wl; MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX=/usr/obj
> MACHINE_ARCH=i386 MACHINE=i386
> OBJFORMAT_PATH=/usr/obj/usr/src/i386/usr/libexec
> PERL5LIB=/usr/obj/usr/src/i386/usr/libdata/perl/5.00503 GROFF_BIN_PATH=/usr/obj/usr/src/i386/usr/bin
> GROFF_FONT_PATH=/usr/obj/usr/src/i386/usr/share/groff_font
> GROFF_TMAC_PATH=/usr/obj/usr/src/i386/usr/share/tmac
> DESTDIR=/usr/obj/usr/src/i386 INSTALL="sh /usr/src/tools/install.sh"
> PATH=/usr/obj/usr/src/i386/usr/sbin:/usr/obj/usr/src/i386/usr/bin:/usr/obj/usr/src/i386/usr/games:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
> OBJFORMAT_PATH=/usr/obj/usr/src/i386/usr/libexec:/usr/libexec
> make KERNEL=kernel depend
> make: don't know how to make /usr/src/sys/../include/stddef.h. Stop
> *** Error code 2
>
> The mailer puts a few newlines in there, but that's what appears on
> screen. I've seen others, when I was trying to figure out what was wrong
> a few weeks ago, but all the ones I was able to interpret concern header
> files, and that they can't be found in something that evaluates to
> /usr/src/include .
>
>
>>What version are you trying to build a kernel for? My most recent
>>system upgrade for RELENG_4 was on 25 May but I haven't seen any
>>changes that would affect building a kernel since then.
>>
>>A cvsup of src-all had a few changes to things like ata-disk and a
>>number of documentation changes.
>>
>
> I track src-base,src-sys and src-sys-crypto for RELENG_4. I did a cvsup
> right before compilation (5/30/02 12:00) but the problem reappears when I
> delete the symlink to /usr/include.
>
>
>>I have a buildworld running now. The kernel build will start in around
>>25 minutes. I will have a better idea if it is your error at that point.
>>
>
> I don't track src-all, and that could be the problem, because I ran into
> that between 4.3 and 4.4 (or 4.4 and 4.5?), where a system program (forget
> which) failed, because it expected an older kernel. Now that I did a
> uname, I noticed that the current kernel is now 4.6-RC. Maybe I need to
> get src-all and do a buildworld. However, the error should look different
> than .h files, and I'll probably have to wait for the weekend to do that,
> and the world cup starts tomorrow :).
First things first :).
My buildworld and buildkernel just finished. I have no errors. In fact, a
coral -kent> uname -a
FreeBSD coral 4.6-RC FreeBSD 4.6-RC #35: Thu May 30 12:50:54 PDT 2002
root@coral:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CORAL i386
So the first asumption is that the pointy hat is pointing your way.
You really need to cvsup src-all and build your userland and kernel.
They are supposed to be independant of your current system. A partial
job is really not supported.
Kent
>
> -aram
>
>
> .
>
>
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Kent Stewart
Richland, WA
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