Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 02:25:35 +1000 From: Mikhail Goriachev <mikhailg@webanoide.org> To: Andrew Falanga <af300wsm@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Problems upgrading a 6.0 install to 6.2-RELEASE-p4 Message-ID: <464DD37F.1000709@webanoide.org> In-Reply-To: <340a29540705180854p21063b2fl4d34359e728cd055@mail.gmail.com> References: <340a29540705180747k1aa90c6ap9ae178f09742ce53@mail.gmail.com> <464DBEC5.2050103@webanoide.org> <340a29540705180854p21063b2fl4d34359e728cd055@mail.gmail.com>
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Andrew Falanga wrote: > On 5/18/07, Mikhail Goriachev <mikhailg@webanoide.org> wrote: >> Andrew Falanga wrote: >> >> >> 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. >> > > Ok, I'm reading through the web link you sent. I see in section > 23.4.1 the steps are: > > # make buildworld > # make buildkernel > # make installkernel > # reboot > > <reboot to single user mode that is> > > # mergemaster -p > # make installworld > # mergemaster > # reboot > > I did these steps then, and I'm still getting the missing audit group > errors. What is this audit group, what's its function, etc.? Since > nothing of "world" has been installed yet, can I simply erase /usr/src > and replace with the 6.0-RELEASE cd's, which I have, and then do the > cvsup once again. This time doing a mergemaster *before* I buildworld > and then installworld? That group is related to Security Event Auditing[1]. The following is the entry about it in /usr/src/UPDATING: 20060204: The 'audit' group was added to support the new auditing functionality in the base system. Be sure to follow the directions for updating, including the requirement to run mergemaster -p. Regards, Mikhail. [1] - http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/audit.html -- Mikhail Goriachev Webanoide Telephone: +61 (0)3 62252501 Mobile Phone: +61 (0)4 38255158 E-Mail: mikhailg@webanoide.org Web: www.webanoide.org
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