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Subject: kern/2552: problem installing new kernel after losing /kernel
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>Number:         2552
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       kernel make install fails if no /kernel
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          support
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jan 21 14:10:00 PST 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Bruce Peterson
>Organization:
CyberOptics Corporation
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE i386
>Environment:

	FreeBSD system with kernel sources.

>Description:

	'make install' fails in /sys/compile/MACHINE if '/kernel' doesn't
	already exist.

>How-To-Repeat:

	cd /sys/compile/MACHINE
	chflags noschg /kernel
	rm /kernel
	make install

    This was found originally when reconstructing the system after the
	root filesystem was corrupted and then fsck'd.

>Fix:
	
	Workaround:
	touch /kernel
	make install

    Actual fix would be to tell make not to stop because of a failure
	changing the flags or name of /kernel.

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: