From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 18 14:57:15 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A961016A405 for ; Fri, 18 May 2007 14:57:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mikhailg@webanoide.org) Received: from shanshito.webanoide.org (shanshito.webanoide.org [150.101.108.110]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04E7F13C484 for ; Fri, 18 May 2007 14:57:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mikhailg@webanoide.org) Received: from maxito.hba.navalradio.cl (maxito.hba.navalradio.cl [172.26.4.34]) (authenticated bits=0) by shanshito.webanoide.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l4IEvB83039814 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 18 May 2007 14:57:13 GMT (envelope-from mikhailg@webanoide.org) Message-ID: <464DBEC5.2050103@webanoide.org> Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 00:57:09 +1000 From: Mikhail Goriachev Organization: Webanoide User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Macintosh/20070326) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew Falanga References: <340a29540705180747k1aa90c6ap9ae178f09742ce53@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <340a29540705180747k1aa90c6ap9ae178f09742ce53@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Problems upgrading a 6.0 install to 6.2-RELEASE-p4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 14:57:15 -0000 Andrew Falanga wrote: > Hi again, > > Ok, here's the steps I was given to upgrade my 6.0 system to 6.2-RELEASE-p4. > > 1) cvsup /usr/src using the tags necessary (I was using RELENG_6_2). > 2) cd /usr/src > 3) make buildworld > 4) make buildkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC > *here I actually used a different kernel because I had to add > "options SMP" to the conf > > 5) make installworld > 6) make installkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC > 7) reboot (and hopefully all is well) > > So, everything is great until step 5. When I type "make installworld" > I get, "ERROR: Required audit gropup is missing, see > /usr/src/UPDATING." So I got to take a look at that file. There is a > lot of interesting stuff there, but nothing about an audit group that > should be present (at least a search for "audit group" returned no > hits). > > What is this error talking about? Which section of the UPDATING file > should I read and follow to correct this? I read, "When upgrading > from one major version to another it is generally best to upgrade to > the latest code in the currently installed branch first, then do an > upgrade to the new branch." Does this refer to an upgrade from, say, > 5.1 to 6.2, or does this apply to 6.0 to 6.2 as well? > > I also see, > > To rebuild everything and install it on the current system > > make buildworld > make kernel KERNCONF=....... > > > mergemaster -p > make installworld > make delete-old > mergemaster > > > Is this the procedure I should follow? What is the correct path to go > from here? You really must read the following (or at least skim through): http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html and /usr/src/Makefile All correct instructions are in there and you shouldn't skip any steps. mergemaster will take care of that audit group among other things. Regards, Mikhail. -- Mikhail Goriachev Webanoide Telephone: +61 (0)3 62252501 Mobile Phone: +61 (0)4 38255158 E-Mail: mikhailg@webanoide.org Web: www.webanoide.org