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From: Glen Foster <gfoster@osmre.gov>
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To: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu
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In-reply-to: <199501042112.OAA08866@bsd.coe.montana.edu> (message from Nate Williams on Wed, 4 Jan 1995 14:12:12 -0700)
Subject: Re: make world falls over on ranlib libc.a
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>   Date: Wed, 4 Jan 1995 14:12:12 -0700
>   From: Nate Williams <nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu>
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>
>   > with error message:
>   > 
>   > ranlib: libc.a: Inappropriate file type or format
>   > 
>   > after //ftp.freebsd.org/pu/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/usr/src.tar.gz;
>   > rm -rf /usr/src; gunzip and un-tar into /usr/src; make world; oops, no
>   > bsd.info.mk, make mk; make world on a 2.0R system.
>   > 
>   > What am I doing wrong?  How can I recover?
>
>   I added changes to the world target to avoid this problem, but for now
>   you need to re-compile and install 'ar', 'ranlib', and 'nm' and then
>   all should be well.
>
>
>   Nate

Thanks!