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Date:      Thu, 19 Aug 2004 21:54:39 +0300
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Persisten buildworld errors
Message-ID:  <20040819185439.GC44480@ip.net.ua>
In-Reply-To: <20040819114350.I62982@carver.gumbysoft.com>
References:  <200408181910.i7IJAawl081643@bleep.craftncomp.com> <20040818183312.T55263@carver.gumbysoft.com> <20040819085119.GE76085@ip.net.ua> <20040819114350.I62982@carver.gumbysoft.com>

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On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 11:44:20AM -0700, Doug White wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Aug 2004, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
>=20
> > > You can try doing a 'make includes' to try to overwirte whatever bust=
ed
> > > 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.
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> Unless you have a better idea :)
>=20
The only better idea I have is to reinstall the base system.  Something
like doing the shell installation of the "base" distribution, and
rebooting with the GENERIC kernel should do the trick (result in a
known good state of the build system).


Cheers,
--=20
Ruslan Ermilov
ru@FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD committer

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