From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 28 22:45:10 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B2D516A4CF for ; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 22:45:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from fast.dnswatch.com (fast.dnswatch.com [216.177.243.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15D8F43D2D for ; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 22:45:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from null@dnswatch.com) Received: from fast.dnswatch.com (localhost.dnswatch.com [127.0.0.1]) by fast.dnswatch.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id j3SMj5rt011764; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 15:45:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from null@dnswatch.com) Received: (from www@localhost) by fast.dnswatch.com (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id j3SMj5Ul011763; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 15:45:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from null@dnswatch.com) X-Authentication-Warning: fast.dnswatch.com: www set sender to null@dnswatch.com using -f Received: from mail.1command.com ([216.177.243.35]) (DNSwatch.com_WebMail authenticated user null) by webmail.dnswatch.com with HTTP; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 15:45:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <65221.216.177.243.35.1114728304.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com> In-Reply-To: <44zmvi8tl9.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <63349.216.177.243.42.1114575288.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com><44is27m6bd.fsf@be-well.ilk.org><54861.216.177.243.35.1114721730.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com> <44zmvi8tl9.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 15:45:04 -0700 (PDT) From: "/dev/null" To: "Lowell Gilbert" User-Agent: DNSwatch.com_WebMail/1.4.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't build kernel [with CONFIG this time] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 22:45:10 -0000 >> > Sounds like maybe something involved with make(1) itself got >> > corrupted. Rare, but it happens. Reinstalling the base system >> > would probably help (just do a "binary upgrade" -- you don't need >> > to reinstall the whole system). >> > >> Really?! I'll _gladly_ give that a shot and see what I get. > > One of the committers already responded and said that things will > probably work if you just clean out the previous build first. Doesn't "make buildworld" run an rm -r(f) to cleanse any previous attempts to build world? or did you mean the message I got suggesting a "rm -fr /usr/obj? > >> *Thank you* for the reply. > > I saw no one else had after a couple of days, so I took a guess. > And then I got corrected. Sometimes the best way to get information > on the net is to post wrong information and wait to be told you're > wrong. Greatly appreciated. I haven't gotten a chance that was long enough to attempt an upgrade yet. But should be able before the day is over. > > Good luck. Thanks > //////////////////////////////////////////////////// If only Western Electric had found a way to offer binary licenses for the UNIX system back in 1974, the UNIX system would be running on all PC's today rather than DOS/Windows. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////