Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Wed, 16 Oct 1996 11:08:57 +0930 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        SimsS@Infi.Net
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Fw: Building world after cvsup
Message-ID:  <199610160138.LAA27666@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199610152107.RAA28111@mh004.infi.net> from "Steve Sims" at Oct 15, 96 05:06:26 pm

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Steve Sims stands accused of saying:
> 
> I started with an empty /usr/src.  I tweaked the CVSUP files to pull 
> -stable into my tree.   Hours later (14.4 - ugh) I had a spanking new source
> tree under /usr.  Plenty of disk to spare (~700Mb).
> 
> As root, (cd /usr/src ; make world).  Poom!  No success.  Didn't know how to
> make cleandir.  OK, 'make -DNOCLEANDIR world`.  It doesn't like a *lot* of
> things in ctype.h.
> 
> I could fiddle for days, but I'll cut to the chase;  What are the steps
> necessary to build a -stable release after cvsup'ing the appropriate bits?
> 
> (I started with the 960501 SNAP, for what that's worth.)

Downgrading from 2.2 to 2.1 is not supported in any fasion.  If you want
-stable, start from 2.1.5.

> ....sjs...

-- 
]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer        msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au    [[
]] Genesis Software                     genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au   [[
]] High-speed data acquisition and      (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496       [[
]] realtime instrument control          (ph/fax)  +61-8-267-3039        [[
]] Collector of old Unix hardware.      "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick  [[



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199610160138.LAA27666>