Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 14:31:06 -0500 From: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net> To: Bsd Neophyte <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com>, Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: upgrading and updating .... extremely complicated for me. Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20020906143106.00fbeac8@mail.sage-one.net> In-Reply-To: <20020906190323.71502.qmail@web20108.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20020906075159.GA10475@grimoire.chen.org.nz>
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At 12:03 PM 9.6.2002 -0700, Bsd Neophyte wrote: > >--- Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> wrote: >(snip) >> In fact >> the Handbook recommends against it. If you're not comfortable with >> reading the stuff in the Handbook, perhaps you shouldn't be thinking of >> going with -stable. >> >> Going with -stable means you must be willing to read the instructions, >> and the Handbook is *THE* source. If you find any parts you don't >> understand, let us know. > >okay... i do read the handbook... i refer to the handbook before ask >questions. however, for me, a person who is not very technically >inclined, some things in the handbook are beyond me. > >the handbook mentions that the make.conf file needs to be editied... but >it doesn't go into any detail like it did with how to modify the >kernel.generic file. i've tried reading the small explanations in the >make.conf file itself, but most of it is beyond my comprehension. > >this is what is says: > >"Examine the files /etc/defaults/make.conf and /etc/make.conf. The first >contains some default defines - most of which are commented out. To make >use of them when you rebuild your system from source, add them to >/etc/make.conf. Keep in mind that anything you add to /etc/make.conf is >also used every time you run make, so it is a good idea to set them to >something sensible for your system. > >A typical user will probably want to copy the CFLAGS and NOPROFILE lines >found in /etc/defaults/make.conf to /etc/make.conf and uncomment them. > >Examine the other definitions (COPTFLAGS, NOPORTDOCS and so on) and decide >if they are relevant to you." > >what does this mean? make use of what? the options? how do you know >which option you need? also the format isn't explained which isn't self >explanatory. > >it then goes to talk about /etc and /etc/group and how you need to make >sure that certain groups do exist that might be required for an upgrade. >how do you determine what groups need to exist? > >it then talks about mergemaster... what's mergemaster? the man pages says >it's some tool to help update certain configuration files... but i'm still >unsure on how to use it. > >okay there is mention that one shouldn't use make world anymore... that >make buildworld is prefered... but when i try that i get the following >error codes: > >===> gnu/usr.bin/gperf/doc >/usr/obj/usr/src/i386/usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/gperf/doc created for >/usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/gperf/doc >make: don't know how to make bool-array.cc. Stop >*** Error code 2 >1 error >*** Error code 2 >1 error >*** Error code 2 >1 error > > >i mean that entire process... everything on the section is beyond me. >Greg Lehey's version of updating seems much more simple, but even that's >giving these error codes. i prefer to use the handbook's version because >it's more recent. > > Are you also on the "newbie" list....??? Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator SageOne Net http://www.sage-one.net jackstone@sage-one.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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