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Subject: Re: weird kernel build problem
In-Reply-To: <89EF1ED52E24D111804300805F19E92AA9EE65@ABZEXCH001> from Dimitris Krekoukias at "Jun 8, 98 02:26:22 pm"
To: Dimitris.Krekoukias@halliburton.com (Dimitris Krekoukias)
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 14:23:04 -0400 (EDT)
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Dimitris Krekoukias wrote:
> well, weird for me, anyway. I'm more used to Irix/Solaris/Linux than
> FreeBSD...
> 
> I made a little configuration file (copied the GENERIC one, as
> instructed by the handbook), removed what I didn't need, added a few
> bits I did need.
> 
> Compiled it, installed it.
> 
> Works fine.
> 
> I then decided I needed some SYSV-style shared memory, so I put the
> appropriate entry in the file.
> 
> Tried to compile again (the config program worked, BTW) - the compile
> failed. Tried again, it failed at a different stage.

At this point, inquiring minds want to know /HOW IT FAILED/.

> I decided to boot using my GENERIC kernel. Tried the whole config/make
> etc process. Still failed.
> 
> Thought there was a problem with my configuration file, so I decided to
> just try and compile the GENERIC one (after I'd copied it to another
> name).
> 
> It failed AGAIN.

At this point, inquiring minds, blah blah. 

> So, I am
> 
> a) Using the standard kernel to boot
> b) Trying to compile the same kernel and failing but what really pisses
> me off is that
> c) It worked the first time I did it.
> 
> I reinstalled FreeBSD just in case I'd screwed up something.
> 
> The first time I build the kernel it works.
> 
> It fails subsequently.

try and report:

cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf
cp GENERIC MOREFUN
vi MOREFUN
	/ident
	s/GENERIC/MOREFUN/
	ZZ
config MOREFUN
cd ../../compile/MOREFUN
make clean	# not really needed at this point ...
make depend
make 

Report the error messages.

Dave
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