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Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 13:46:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Panos GEVROS <P.Gevros@cs.ucl.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: mounting sources and building kernels
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On Wed, 16 Sep 1998, Panos GEVROS wrote:

>  |> i have difficulty with building a kernel though,
>  |> on the "remote"!!:
>  |> 	mount server:/usr/src /usr/src
>  |> 	cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf
>  |> 	/usr/sbin/config REMOTE-KERNEL
>  |> 	cd ../../compile/REMOTE-KERNEL
>  |> 	make depend
>  |> 	make ... ...
>  |> 		Error 1 
>  |> 		at vnode_if.c (first file to cc)
>  |
>  |What error does it report?  It's probably a permissions problem.
> 
> 
> 
> sorry i should have mentioned this in the first place
> i receive several 'warnings' at vnode_if.c  all like this :
> 
> vnode_if.c:640: warning: excess elements in struct initializerafter 
> `vop_vfree_desc`
> *** Error code 1
> 
> hope  it is something obvious i'd rather avoid searching the code

Reinstall the kernel source and retry.

A warning will not halt a build (unless it's built with the -Werror
option, which nothing in FreeBSD is).

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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