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Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 17:28:44 +1030
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: Derek Inksetter <derek@saidev.com>
Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Getting started with current
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On Thu, Dec 18, 1997 at 12:01:05AM -0600, Derek Inksetter wrote:
> Hi all.  Sorry for the beginner question.
>
> I recently installed the 3.0-971208-SNAP and decided to start using the
> current sources (I've been a long-time user of FreeBSD, but I always
> stuck to released or semi-released code). I installed and used cvsup with
> no (apparent) problems.
>
> It seems that make world doesn't work, though.  In particular, it dies
> doing a make clean on gnu/include. 

With an error from rm invoked with no paramters?  Yes, I had that
happen today too.  Welcome to -current.  The build process is often
broken.

> It most definitely worked before I used cvsup.  Right now, I am
> trying again with make -DNOCLEAN world.  It seems to be getting a
> little further, but we'll see.

I've completed a 'make world' doing just that.  I'd expect it to
complete.

> Am I doing something wrong, or is that just life with current?

That's life.

Greg