Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 23:53:23 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu Cc: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>, Francisco Reyes <fran@reyes.somos.net>, Gregory Sutter <gsutter@zer0.org>, "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 4.1-STABLE fails to 'buildkernel'? Message-ID: <39BDD2E3.AF9370AA@urx.com> References: <200009120357.XAA29002@sanson.reyes.somos.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009120131250.1305-100000@thelab.hub.org> <20000911222819.E69158@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com>
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"Crist J . Clark" wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 01:31:44AM -0300, The Hermit Hacker wrote: > > On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Francisco Reyes wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 11 Sep 2000 11:25:26 -0700, Gregory Sutter wrote: > > > > > > >I have the same problem. I also desperately need to build some > > > >-STABLE systems for my new job. Anyone know what's causing the > > > >breakage? > > > > > > Why don't you cvsup to a prior date? > > > > doesn't it defeat the point of calling it -STABLE if it can't compile? :) > > Not compiling is not a problem. If it is _really_ broken (and not > pilot error), just wait for it to get fixed and try again. You still > have your old system purring along just fine. > > What SUCKS is when you manage to get through a make-world without an > error, but the running system is broken. /That/ is something to whine > about. (And you just want to slug that first one that says, "Just use > the backups you made before the make-world." I do backup first, but > restoring is still a non-trivial pain in the *ss. And if you didn't > backup, especially a production system, you asked for it, bub.) This is all part of the reason why I do a buildworld, build[install]kernel, and finally do my installworld. When something like this happens, my kernel.old and my user land are still in sync. Kent > -- > Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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