Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:34:13 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> Cc: trhodes@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [danger] broken libc.so on stable Message-ID: <43DAADF5.7060601@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <c781d7f30601271312j35017aabq803af6e97fd1a157@mail.gmail.com> References: <c781d7f30601271312j35017aabq803af6e97fd1a157@mail.gmail.com>
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Kostik Belousov wrote: > Revision 1.48.8.1 of lib/libc/stdlib/Makefile.inc removed calloc.c from the list > of the source files. As result, freshly built libc does not contain > calloc symbol, > that completely broke my stable box. The only solution for me was booting > from 6.0-RELEASE disc1 and copying libc.so.6 into /lib. After that, manually > adding calloc.c to the MISRCS in Makefile.inc and installing libc put > the system in order. > > I suppose that this is simple MFC error. Please, correct it before big > havoc hit the > stable boxes ! > > Best regards, > Kostik Belousov Yes, there was a mistake for about 16 hours in the tree. However, how did you trash your system? Did you try building libc by itself and installing it directly? That's dangerous no matter what. Using the buildworld/installworld targets will catch problems like these before they touch your running system. Scott
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