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Date:      Wed, 18 Dec 2002 10:27:46 -0500 (EST)
From:      John Mills <jmmills@telocity.com>
To:        JacobRhoden <jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au>
Cc:        FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: buildworld problem on cyrix 166
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.21.0212181010210.2301-100000@otter.mills-atl.com>
In-Reply-To: <200212181351.05098.jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au>

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Freebies -

In re: the 'ncurses' buildworld failures while upgrading, which I've also
experienced:

On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, JacobRhoden wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Dec 2002 13:23, Ken Kroel wrote:
> > i am trying to update an old pc and have run into a problem with the "make
> 
> > CPU: Cyrix 6x86 (486-class CPU)
> >   Origin = "CyrixInstead"  DIR=0x2231  Stepping=2  Revision=2

Perhaps the Cyrix-IBM/166 is the common denominator here, as that is my
chip, too.

Should I specify the processor to my build environment? I have never tried
this. Has it helped others with this build failure?
 
> I had the exact same problem with the exact same machine you appear to have. 
> This list at the time attributed it to a hardware issue, probably faulty 
> memory. Try doing a make clean, to clean up everything, and try again.  If 
> the make fails at a different place each time, then its definatly a hardware 
> problem.

I only recall problems from folks doing upgrades (from RELENG_4_5 to
RELENG_4_6, _7 in my case). Have others seen the problem when doing
'buildworld' on an installed system at RELENG_4_6 or later, or is this an
'upgrade only' issue?

(I have been able to get some partial and redone builds to complete, but
never installed them because my purpose is to set a firm foundation under
my system and I didn't feel I knew what was in the mix in those cases.)

TIA for comments.
 - John Mills


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