From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 16 03:44:14 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E25516A4CE for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 03:44:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp4.server.rpi.edu (smtp4.server.rpi.edu [128.113.2.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E8F243D31 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 03:44:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cyberdog@nycap.rr.com) Received: from CYBERDOGT42 (laplam.stu.rpi.edu [128.113.151.85]) by smtp4.server.rpi.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id iAG3i8Th019126; Mon, 15 Nov 2004 22:44:08 -0500 Message-Id: <200411160344.iAG3i8Th019126@smtp4.server.rpi.edu> From: "Cyber Dog" To: "'Chris Hill'" , "'Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.'" Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 22:44:09 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Thread-Index: AcTLbirpr1JLCGZsQbSfSrhOm9plGQAH6ogQ In-Reply-To: <20041115183753.B14210@frambozen.monochrome.org> X-CanItPRO-Stream: default X-RPI-SA-Score: undef - spam-scanning disabled X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . canit . ca) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Problem Building World X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 03:44:14 -0000 > -----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: > >> > >> > > > > [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