Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 08:50:39 +1000 From: Mark.Andrews@isc.org To: "David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net> Cc: Lars Eighner <eighner@io.com>, Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installworld fails: unknown groups games Message-ID: <200206222250.g5MModm0081162@drugs.dv.isc.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 22 Jun 2002 17:32:44 EST." <20020622223244.GB10042@leviathan.inethouston.net>
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> > > >> built world, built and installed a custom kernel > > > >> (except for kernel name the conf file was the same > > > >> as I have been using for 3.3-STABLE). I knew > > > >> about the send mail gotcha and created the > > > >> smmsp user. > > > >> > > > >> Now installworld fails with: > > > >> > > > >> mtree: line 34: unknown group games > > > >> > > > >> So, now what?\ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Add > > > > > > > > games:*:13: > > > > > > > > to /etc/games. > > > > > > ^^^^^ > > > group > > > > Bingo. > > > > Thanks to all who replied. > > > > I searched UPDATING for "games" but found no hint of this. > > Although the makefile says to run mergemaster -p > > befor installing world, mergemaster denied all knowledge of > > a -p switch. > > > > > Did it mention something about compiling and installing mergemaster > first? > > your version is prob ably old and doesn't know about p, so you'll > have to find mergemaster in /usr/src and run make && make install > then you should be able to use -p if you don't have a new > mergemastger already. DON'T FOLLOW THIS ADVICE. Follow the more precise instuctions in UPDATING. > > -- David W. Chapman Jr. > dwcjr@inethouston.net Raintree Network Services, Inc. <www.inethouston.net> > dwcjr@freebsd.org FreeBSD Committer <www.FreeBSD.org> > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews@isc.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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