Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 13:21:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Upgrading and "Unknown pseudo op: .section" Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9810161320140.28399-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9810140858550.17998-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
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On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, Jason C. Wells wrote:
> -current didn't seem to be the place for this...
>
> The Makefile in the current source tree says
.. that this question did belong in -current.
> `make aout-to-elf-build' and `make aout-to-elf-install' should upgrade
> my 2.2-STABLE system from -current sources. I supped -current
> yesterday.
>
> Back in July Doug White reported getting the same thing that I got while
> trying to build -current on a -stable system. The "Unknown pseudo op:
> .section" errors from the assembler:
>
> {standard input}: Assembler messages:
> {standard input}:73: Error: Unknown pseudo-op: `.section'
> *** Error code 1
>
> The -current archives reported that using "make -m /usr/src/share/mk
> buildworld" will fix this error.
>
> I tried "make -m /usr/src/share/mk aout-to-elf-build" to do the upgrade. I
> tried "make -m /usr/src/share/mk buildworld" to see if I could just get
> the darn thing to build. Same error all three times.
> Are the instructions in /usr/src/Makefile wrong?
> Is the Makefile(s) itself broke?
> Is the user missing the big picture?
Try upgrading to a closer -STABLE, then run the upgrade.
Doug White
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