Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 08:33:38 -0400 From: W Gerald Hicks <gehicks@gehicks.dyndns.org> To: <chris@aims.com.au> Cc: <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, <re@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Comments on Release Building for -current Message-ID: <BD30C046-A481-11D6-B2B8-0030657B5F1E@gehicks.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <022301c2387b$a8abf610$020aa8c0@aims.private>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Yup, it's been reported several times by various people and it seems everyone who can help is too busy to care. "This isn't fun anymore". :-( -- Jerry Hicks On Wednesday, July 31, 2002, at 06:18 AM, Chris Knight wrote: > Howdy, > > As the snapshot manager at snapshots.jp.freebsd.org would be aware, > current's release building capability is woeful to say the least. A fair > bit of tidying up will need to be done for DP2. > I've managed to complete a successful release build of current with a > checkout of two days ago. For those interested, here's what I had to do: > > the mfsroot floppy contents were too large > FIX: > - edit /usr/src/release/i386/drivers.conf and move the following drivers > from floppy 2 to floppy3: aue, cue, em, kue, sk, ti, wb, xe, and the > SYSV stuff > - edit /usr/src/release/scripts/driver-copy2.awk to not error when it > encounters the floppy 3 candidates > > the kern floppy contents were too large > FIX: > - edit /usr/src/release/i386/dokern.sh and get sed to remove more > drivers from MFSROOT. The drivers are: eisa, ahb, isp, ses > > the fixit floppy contents were too large > FIX: > - edit /usr/src/release/i386/fixit_crunch.conf and remove the following > programs: mount_msdosfs restore rrestore telnet > > As you can see, all three 1.44MB floppies run out of space. With the > above changes, the build just scrapes by. I'd imagine that the changes > I made still wouldn't be enough for a release build to be successful > for PC98 or Alpha. > I'm happy to help resolve the release building issue if anybody is > interested. > > Regards, > Chris Knight > Systems Administrator > AIMS Independent Computer Professionals > Tel: +61 3 6334 6664 Fax: +61 3 6331 7032 Mob: +61 419 528 795 > Web: http://www.aims.com.au > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?BD30C046-A481-11D6-B2B8-0030657B5F1E>