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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>
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Subject: Re: Upgrading and "Unknown pseudo op: .section"
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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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