From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 5 12:56:31 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B7B71065798 for ; Wed, 5 Oct 2011 12:56:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kraduk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-f54.google.com (mail-yw0-f54.google.com [209.85.213.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0D5A8FC1A for ; Wed, 5 Oct 2011 12:56:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywp17 with SMTP id 17so1931577ywp.13 for ; Wed, 05 Oct 2011 05:56:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=a5/YASAaPKK2b4h6+rdOBOnc1slD+veY1MFgPgtU+ow=; b=RsIpF8uWFBqHPM25uwABKzkscth8reFeP1RkG6G4BC9NLIu8WKYv6oWeZahN60Ialz 3xyeSSturVudfy5B78QhHWGTF6pMkRRjzpc1zvBcs4+MPt4UugFG5oQ2S3dRqMnGbUfq +UkYWs32Rzgc40ljRCn2UPP9o5c8573u8WD6k= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.236.155.1 with SMTP id i1mr13650084yhk.8.1317819390125; Wed, 05 Oct 2011 05:56:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.236.105.166 with HTTP; Wed, 5 Oct 2011 05:56:30 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 13:56:30 +0100 Message-ID: From: krad To: nightrecon@hotmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: updating 8.1 release X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:56:31 -0000 On 3 October 2011 10:28, Michael Powell wrote: > wayne mitchell wrote: > > > hey > > just tried to update a system using 'csup' > > current system is: 8.1 RELEASE on a amd machine (amd64 GENERIC kernel) > > tried downloading the CURRENT branch ( tag=. ) > > when running "make buildworld" > > get an exit with error at /usr/lib/libmagic > > system gives various warnings about unknown file types and incorrect > > variable bounds > > then exits with error 1 - 'cannot find any magic files' > > > > tried this again with ( tag=RELENG_8 ) - exact same problem > > tried this again with ( tag=RELENG_8.2 ) - exact same problem > > > > also tried "make buildworld" in multi-user -and- single-user > > > > where should i expect to find any magic files on the system tree ? > > thanks > > I wouldn't worry about this. Be better to find out what is wrong. It is > unclear exactly what you are trying to achieve, so I'll try some crystal- > ball gazing. Going from 8.1 to HEAD might actually be broken at any one > given point in time. Not always, but the possibility exists. If you are > dead > set on this, read the -CURRENT list for hints on breakage. > > If you are trying to set up a server for use in some form of stable > environment I would suggest not using -CURRENT, but rather consider the > security branch of either 8.1-RELEASE or 8.2-RELEASE. The csup tags are > RELENG_8_1 and RELENG_8_2 respectively. Example supfile: > > *default host=cvsup.nl.freebsd.org > *default base=/usr > *default prefix=/usr > *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_8_2 > *default delete use-rel-suffix compress > src-all > > Then cd to /usr/obj and do rm -rf *. This will remove leftovers of previous > failed build attempts. Once this is cleaned up and you have the correct > source (such as 8.2-RELEASE security branch), then just cd /usr/src and > kick > off the dance with a make buildworld. > > I just updated 9 machines from 8.2 to the 8.2 security branch and > experienced zero trouble. I can't speak to whether -CURRENT will build, as > my boxen are for production use and not for development work. If you > continue to have a problem trying to update to RELENG_8_2 you are doing > something wrong. > > -Mike > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > you might consider releng_9 as well as the next major release is on the verge of going out. Releng_9 will currently give you beta3 of 9.0-release. I have been using 9 for a while now as have many others and it has proven to be a very stable platform.