From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 17 14:32:29 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EA77106568D for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:32:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tevans.uk@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f226.google.com (mail-ew0-f226.google.com [209.85.219.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D90458FC14 for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:32:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy26 with SMTP id 26so421792ewy.3 for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:32:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=HiphYAOuh/5Hp5L8noe/OvRU0nMsVpUp9QPjrbZo+VY=; b=BFGExX8ilS1DNWuy50fFy96/ZPjEB8WzovtUanXE8kGWBQxasUGXGxMkka29+uSueF KXXFNxqENUKsdR4Xqmu2JaPlG8UYjc/Wz0a6CE87ln0TPn7arTDenZZOztF0M2i7gTF9 /b6yjcKTQgOf3t9ZUs3d+7QrSZGKUVP5P7Wms= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=mmnTfAXaH8sjY/miOEXfl+U7Yv79obBGZDVChgWPibbrj00Z79w89VNQ70x0NGxSAM e8N7oMBqUH5JAh8LV3Gtfn7A1+kNj7JCc7FtXY5GO/z4p0HDs0q/Xi3Ewa78Q4A0kN3k cBew5oUA4CltO1hPhbx9W15eUHWXxLE3jvZ7c= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.104.67 with SMTP id n3mr624410ebo.2.1268836347691; Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:32:27 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:32:27 +0000 Message-ID: <2e027be01003170732y4ae4312fof9bf64e3574c964a@mail.gmail.com> From: Tom Evans To: Cristiano Deana Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: FreeBSD Stable Mailing List Subject: Re: 7.2-p7 -> 8-STABLE mergemaster core dump X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:32:29 -0000 On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Cristiano Deana wrote: > Hi, > > anyone else tried to update (todas's cvsup) 7.3-p7 to 8-STABLE? > > make update > make buildworld && make kernel && make installworld > mergemaster > and i got a "bad system call (core dumped)". > > reboot, mergemaster again and it was allright. > > i use freebsd from 3.3 (maybe) and this is the first time i had to > reboot with new kernel/world to make a mergemaster (very dangerous, i > was remote). > > anyone else? > You can't always run new userland on an old kernel, but you can always run old userland on a new kernel, which is why the process you went through is not the canonical way. See the handbook or /usr/src/UPDATING: To rebuild everything and install it on the current system. ----------------------------------------------------------- # Note: sometimes if you are running current you gotta do more than # is listed here if you are upgrading from a really old current. make buildworld make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE [1] [3] mergemaster -p [5] make installworld make delete-old mergemaster [4] Cheers Tom