Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 10:55:03 -0800 From: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make world /etc update Message-ID: <3867B607.89804C1@nwlink.com> References: <19991224.21204000@mammalia.sea> <87ln6k6n1x.fsf@main.wgaf.net> <19991225.21194000@mammalia.sea> <87iu1msn5j.fsf@main.wgaf.net> <19991226.7381500@mammalia.sea.newsgate.clinet.fi> <rqnc6so8ho2j1n0jtvnnrkjdcdo619vcsk@smtp.wirehub.nl> <19991226.22290600@mammalia.sea>
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Joseph Wright wrote: > > > > I decided to update the source again and 'make world' again, so I > > > could start the whole project over from scratch. Before dropping into > > > single user mode to rebuild the system, I did 'rm -rf /usr/obj/'. > > > This is supposed to make the 'make world' speed up somewhat. Funny > > > thing was, it won't allow me to remove some of the directories under > > > /usr/obj/. > > > Again: look at > > > http://www.nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk/FreeBSD/make-world/make-world.h > tml > > for a step-by-step installation guide. > > > The problem you're running into is described there. > > Well, not really. As I said before, I've got a "phantom" file or > directory /usr/obj/usr/src/games/dm/FreeBSD. You can't chflags on a > file that doesn't exist. > Okay, I've solved this whole problem! I decided not to mess around with chflags since it obviously wasn't working. Instead, I moved /usr/src/games/dm to /tmp, and I commented out the line \ dm in /usr/src/games/Makefile. That allowed me to make world. Then I used *mergemaster* to update my /etc directory. It was beautiful. Thanks for your comments and replies, Joseph. -- You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. Colette. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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