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Date:      Tue, 16 Aug 2005 01:29:45 +0400
From:      Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru>
To:        Yar Tikhiy <yar@comp.chem.msu.su>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, peter@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Build failure in procfs module
Message-ID:  <17746550@serv3.int.kfs.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20050811153408.GF84643@comp.chem.msu.su> (Yar Tikhiy's message of "Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:34:09 %2B0400")
References:  <20050714101507.GA82562@comp.chem.msu.su> <20050718151924.GF26849@comp.chem.msu.su> <21429884@srv.sem.ipt.ru> <20050811153408.GF84643@comp.chem.msu.su>

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Hi, Yar!


On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:34:09 +0400 Yar Tikhiy wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 04, 2005 at 12:28:35PM +0400, Boris Samorodov wrote:
> > On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 19:19:24 +0400 Yar Tikhiy wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 02:15:07PM +0400, Yar Tikhiy wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > I ran into a problem that might be triggered by Peter's recent
> > > > changes to procfs.  Namely, the buildworld procedure would fail in
> > > > the procfs module if MODULES_WITH_WORLD were set.  I noticed it
> > > > first in CURRENT and then tested it in a clean environment by
> > > > building a freshly CVSup'd RELENG_6 on a freshly installed 5.4-RELEASE,
> > > > with MODULES_WITH_WORLD set.  I think it's a route of upgrading
> > > > quite a few people will follow.
> > > > 
> > > > Here's the diagnostics:
> [snip]
> > > The problem appears to have to do with Peter's changes to procfs:
> > > The procfs source files now include opt_compat.h, which is not
> > > available by default when building with MODULES_WITH_WORLD set.
> > > The attached patch seems to fix the problem in the conventional
> > > way.  However, I'm unsure which COMPAT_* options are really needed
> > > to the procfs module.  COMPAT_43 should be enough according to my
> > > quick examining /sys/fs/procfs.
> > 
> > Was the case corrected in BETA2? A couple of days ago I upgraded from
> > CURRENT (middle of June 2005) to BETA1. The problem existed but the
> > patch helped.

> Alas, no one has displayed interest in fixing this bug since I left
> for vacation.  I committed the fix to CURRENT today although I don't
> use procfs, which is a kind of a situation I hate.  MFC to RELENG_6
> is due in 3 days.

Could you (or somebody else) MFC the patch to RELENG_6?

PS. Today was bitten by the problem second time. Shame on me, I didn't
recall it in time. :-(


WBR
-- 
bsam



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