Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 20:09:14 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net> To: Dave Tweten <tweten@nas.nasa.gov> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: -STABLE buildkernel broke! (linux module) Message-ID: <20011113200914.J61915@blossom.cjclark.org> In-Reply-To: <200111140147.fAE1lsd40911@gilmore.nas.nasa.gov>; from tweten@nas.nasa.gov on Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 05:47:53PM -0800 References: <cristjc@earthlink.net> <200111140147.fAE1lsd40911@gilmore.nas.nasa.gov>
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On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 05:47:53PM -0800, Dave Tweten wrote:
> cristjc@earthlink.net said:
> >The problem seems to be stale dependencies. Add,
> > # rm -rf /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/YOURKERNEL
> >Or better yet,
> > # rm -rf /usr/obj/usr
> >To your weekly script.
>
> Since I mount a separate file system at /usr/obj, it would be an even faster
> band-aid to unmount that file system, newfs it, and re-mount it each week. In
> fact, that could be done in parallel with the cvsup step.
>
> But, wouldn't it be "better yet" to fix the problem so band-aids aren't
> necessary? One of my reasons for a weekly re-build is to help the community
> discover and fix bugs as they are introduced. It seems clear to me that this
> is a build bug.
>
> If my help could be useful, I'd be happy to help anyone who is both empowered
> to fix this bug and interested in fixing it.
If you still have your old build tree, figure out what dependencies
are not being cleaned out before the new build is being started.
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