Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 10:30:16 -0600 From: "Donald J. O'Neill" <duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Haven't been able to make world in about a year Message-ID: <200602281030.16637.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060228145251.GA80820@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <7.0.1.0.2.20060221103409.021a8808@broadpark.no> <200602280848.15780.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> <20060228145251.GA80820@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Tuesday 28 February 2006 08:52, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 08:48:15AM -0600, Donald J. O'Neill wrote: > > > > >11) script /home/script/buildworld/iw-???date run" > > > > >12) cd /usr/src pwd > > > > >13) mergemaster -p > > > > >14) make installworld > > > > >15) mergemaster -i ???install everything? > > > > >16) exit > > > > >17)shutdown -r now > > > > >=============================== > > > > > > > > > >This should help a bit. > > > > > > > > Hello Don! > > > > Thank you for some good help. > > > > > > > > My make.conf only had some use.perl stuff. > > > > I added your flags. > > > > > > > > Also I've revised my sequence: > > > > > > > > cvsup -g -L 2 /etc/cvsupfile \ > > > > > > > > && cd /usr/obj \ > > > > && chflags -R noschg * \ > > > > && rm -rf * \ > > > > > > > > && cd /usr/src ; make clean \ > > > > && make buildworld \ > > > > && make buildkernel KERNCONF=NINJA \ > > > > && make installkernel KERNCONF=NINJA \ > > > > && make installworld \ > > > > && mergemaster \ > > > > > > > > And am now ready to give it another go :) > > > > > > Until you are satisfied that everything works without any > > > problems at all, please don't use scripts to run the builds. > > > > > > For instance, your script above lacks a call to ``mergemaster > > > -p'' before the ``make buildworld'' step, which may be necessary. > > > > That's a call to 'script' to run, telling it where to put the > > resulting text file. While it is running, commands are given and > > executed. Later, if something goes wrong, or you saw something you > > want to check on, you have a record of what happened that you can > > look at, and pass on to others, if needed. > > > > Could you explain the logic of running mergemaster -p, when you > > have nothing to run it on. /usr/obj was blown away at the beginning > > of the buildworld sequence. What are you going to check at that > > point? Please take a look at the handbook for the sequence that > > things should occur in. I would say look at /usr/src/UPDATING, but > > their sequence doesn't include installing the kernel anymore. > > He means to run mergemaster -p before make installworld, as in the > instructions quoted at the top of this email and in > /usr/src/UPDATING. Also, the documented sequence *does* include > installing the kernel, so I don't know what you mean there either. > > Kris He may mean that, but it's not what he said. I went by what he said. From /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 sure you have good level 0 dumps> make buildworld make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE [1] <reboot in single user> [3] mergemaster -p [5] make installworld make delete-old mergemaster [4] <reboot> To upgrade in-place from 5.x-stable or higher to 6.x-stable ----------------------------------------------------------- <make sure you have good level 0 dumps> make buildworld [9] make kernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE [8] [1] <reboot in single user> [3] mergemaster -p [5] make installworld make delete-old mergemaster -i [4] <reboot> I just don't see where it says "make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL. It used to. That's where I got my original procedure from as the handbook at the time was somewhat confusing. Now the procedure in the handbook is better. Don
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