Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 22:44:09 -0500 From: "Cyber Dog" <cyberdog@nycap.rr.com> To: "'Chris Hill'" <chris@monochrome.org>, "'Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.'" <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Problem Building World Message-ID: <200411160344.iAG3i8Th019126@smtp4.server.rpi.edu> In-Reply-To: <20041115183753.B14210@frambozen.monochrome.org>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Hill [mailto:chris@monochrome.org] > Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 6:49 PM > To: Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. > Cc: Cyber Dog; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Problem Building World > > On Mon, 15 Nov 2004, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: > > > Cyber Dog wrote: > > > >> Hello, > >> I'm working with a server currently running FreeBSD 4.6. Clearly it > >> hasn't been updated too recently, and I've made it my goal to bring it > into > >> the present. This would be my first time rebuilding a FreeBSD OS. I > >> started out by clearing out /usr/src, and doing a fresh cvsup with the > >> following supfile: > >> > >> > > <snip> > > [more snip] > > >> Stop in /usr/src. > >> [root@hostname src]# > >> > >> As you can see, something's amiss here. I don't understand why there > would > >> be any inconsistencies...as I said; I did a fresh CVSup (multiple times > in > >> fact). Any help would be greatly appreciated! > >> > >> - > >> Matt > >> > > > > Hi, Matt: > > > > I'm certainly not an expert here, but it seems like > > it's an awful long way from 4.6 to 4.10. > > Have you tried an intermediate update, say, 4.6 to 4.7 > > [or 4.8]? > > > > So many changes occur over time; and by the time 4.10 > > came out, 4.6 was very old*; so it's entirely possible that > > you might need to do a cvsup/buildworld routine to > > something a little closer to your box's date prior to > > attempting (and having any success) with 4.10. You > > might try changing the 'cvs tag' in your supfile to > > RELENG_4_7 or RELENG_4_8 and going again.... > > > > Kevin Kinsey > > > > *and probably past it's "EOL". Whether or not, I'm sure > > it'd be nice if it _would_ build, but it's possible that the > > engineering team was under no compunction to test > > a migration from 4.6 directly to 4.10 at the time 4.10 was > > being tested for release, and therefore it wasn't (tested) ... > > like I said, I'm no expert, but a 'stepping stone' approach > > to the problem might work.... > > I did this exact upgrade (4.6 to 4.10) a while back, and I can endorse > the 'stepping stone' procedure. I did a cvsup and rebuild from 4.6 to > 4.7, 4.7 to 4.8, etc. until 4.10. It's tedious and time-consuming, but > the whole thing went surprisingly smoothly. > > -- > Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org > ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ] I typo'd my original email, I'm starting with FreeBSD 4.7, not 6. Regardless, your suggestion made sense of stepping stoning the procedure... unfortunately I got the exact same results. I CVSup'd 4.6, cleared obj, and did a new build world. Same place, same error. - Matt
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