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Date:      Thu, 19 Aug 2004 11:44:20 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To:        Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Persisten buildworld errors
Message-ID:  <20040819114350.I62982@carver.gumbysoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040819085119.GE76085@ip.net.ua>
References:  <200408181910.i7IJAawl081643@bleep.craftncomp.com> <20040819085119.GE76085@ip.net.ua>

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On Thu, 19 Aug 2004, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:

> > You can try doing a 'make includes' to try to overwirte whatever busted
> > include files you have, but it might not fix things. You may want to grab
> > a snapshot disc and "upgrade" to it.
> >
> Please don't suggest people to run "make includes".  This will likely
> break upgrades from older systems because headers (most noticeble one
> is /usr/include/osreldate.h) will not match the installed world, and
> you will fool your buildworld into thinking it's running on a more
> current system than you actually have.

Yeah I know make includes is evil, but this installation is obviously
missing pieces, and its a last-ditch effort before regressing to a
snapshot.

Unless you have a better idea :)

-- 
Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@gumbysoft.com          |  www.FreeBSD.org



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