From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Jun 22 15:51:12 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from drugs.dv.isc.org (drugs.dv.isc.org [130.155.191.236]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A5CF37B40B for ; Sat, 22 Jun 2002 15:50:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from drugs.dv.isc.org (localhost.dv.isc.org [127.0.0.1]) by drugs.dv.isc.org (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g5MModm0081162; Sun, 23 Jun 2002 08:50:39 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from marka@drugs.dv.isc.org) Message-Id: <200206222250.g5MModm0081162@drugs.dv.isc.org> To: "David W. Chapman Jr." Cc: Lars Eighner , Kent Stewart , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG From: Mark.Andrews@isc.org Subject: Re: Installworld fails: unknown groups games In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 22 Jun 2002 17:32:44 EST." <20020622223244.GB10042@leviathan.inethouston.net> Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 08:50:39 +1000 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > >> 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. > dwcjr@freebsd.org FreeBSD Committer > > 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