Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:49:24 +0300 From: "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com> To: "Jeff D. Hamann" <jeff.hamann@forestinformatics.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: safe and sane way to 6? Message-ID: <cb5206420511160649j6bdecfe5r916d693962036e88@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <000c01c5ea48$d7366ba0$0a00a8c0@rodan> References: <000c01c5ea48$d7366ba0$0a00a8c0@rodan>
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On 11/16/05, Jeff D. Hamann <jeff.hamann@forestinformatics.com> wrote: > I've installed FreeBSD 6BETA4 a few months ago and have been waiting unti= l > the first release (non-beta) came out to get the machine moving. I went t= o > upgrade my system by performing a cvsup after setting the cvsupfile to th= e > following: > > *default host=3Dcvsup18.FreeBSD.org > *default base=3D/usr > *default prefix=3D/usr > *default release=3Dcvs > *default tag=3DRELENG_6_0 > *default delete use-rel-suffix > *default compress > src-all > ports-all > doc-all > www > cvsroot-all > > I then tried to run a make buildworld and got the following error message= : > > mkmagic: could not find any magic files! > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/src/lib/libmagic. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/src/lib. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/src. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/src. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/src. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/src. > bobby# > bobby# > > Now what? Would it be smarter to simply install a clean version of FreeBS= D > 6.0? or can I upgrade without having to go through all that again? This question probably belongs to questions@. This might solve your problem: 1. Try another cvsup server 2. Change your tag to RELENG_6_0 3. Remove the contents of /usr/src and /usr/obj - and cvsup again Good luck!
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