From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 2 06:31:50 2003 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 DD83937B401 for ; Fri, 2 May 2003 06:31:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from diana.northnetworks.ca (att-ws20.switchview.com [216.13.70.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C305543FBF for ; Fri, 2 May 2003 06:31:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from iaccounts@northnetworks.ca) Received: from diana.northnetworks.ca (localhost.northnetworks.ca [127.0.0.1]) h42DVlDI073432; Fri, 2 May 2003 09:31:47 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from iaccounts@northnetworks.ca) Received: from localhost (iaccounts@localhost)h42DVldU073429; Fri, 2 May 2003 09:31:47 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: diana.northnetworks.ca: iaccounts owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 09:31:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve Bertrand To: Jeremy Gaddis In-Reply-To: <1051822348.238.4.camel@jupiter.main.gaddis.org> Message-ID: <20030502092939.B73065@diana.northnetworks.ca> References: <20030428092345.K22519-100000@diana.northnetworks.ca> <1051822348.238.4.camel@jupiter.main.gaddis.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make buildworld fails on 4.8-release 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: Fri, 02 May 2003 13:31:51 -0000 > > First thing I try when buildworld fails is: > > > > # rm -rvf /usr/obj > > # rm -rvf /usr/src/* > > # cvsup -L 2 -g /path/to/supfile > > > > Then attempt to rebuild from scratch. You may want to backup your original > > source/obj trees if you have already compiled a custom kernel though. > > I'd rather not do a complete cvsup of the sources if I can avoid > it (only available Internet connection is 56k dialup). Should > I just reinstall the sources from the CD and cvsup from that, or > is a complete cvsup really preferred? It's not manditory, I am behind a triple T-1 connection working for an ISP, and sometimes forget about the 56k people (even though that is what I have at home :o) Try: # rm -rvf /usr/obj # cd /usr/src # make buildworld This will at least verify that something in the obj tree did not get corrupted on the first pass through. Steve > > Thanks, > j. > > -- > Jeremy L. Gaddis >